Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.
Power is the ability to get things done.
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
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