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“All want power, but few will wait to gain it for themselves.”

Want Waiting Power Gains

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.”

Men Want Ideas Power Blood Brave Muscles Iron Old Man Nerves Steel

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“I told my manager, 'If we can't do the things now that we want to do, what good is the power?... Let's test it and try to get the things done that we believe in.'”

Ifs Want Trying Believe Done Power Tests Managers Things Done

Author:John Travolta

“I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.”

Knows Men Want Trying Force Levels Power Every Man Will Power Arresting

Author:Chill Wills

“Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.”

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The simple cannot fathom how any man would dare presume to prevail, while the wise are amazed that any reasonable man would want the world, assuming he could get it.”

Men World Want Natural Simple Power Wise Assuming Dare Reasonable Amazed Temperament Fathom Reasonable Man

Author:Gore Vidal

“Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody who wants them.”

Want Done Given Power Influence Influence And Power

Author:Millicent Fenwick

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”