You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere read more
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]
Patience and Gentleness is Power.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),
Patience and Gentleness is Power.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, read more
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes read more
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.