The power of a person derives not from the office he occupies but from a clear sense of direction and aspiration and from a willingness to struggle for his ways and beliefs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.
I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.
Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power's an aphrodisiac.
To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.