Power & Leadership Sayings

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

The rules of morality are not the conclusions of our reason.

The power of a man, (to take it universally,) is his present means, to obtain some future apparent good.

The greater the emotion, the more strongly are we affected by it.

I am a strange compound of weakness and resolution! All my feelings are on the tortured rack; but I will not be a fool, if I can help it.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Stare decisis, or the doctrine of precedent, is a device by which the errors of the past are made the rule of the future.

Divide and rule, a sound motto; unite and lead, a better one.

Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks.

Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

I have a terrible weakness for gambling.

The organ is the king of instruments.

If the bishops would do their duty, the king would never have fallen into this error.

I strive for grace, not for power.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

I have been unfortunate enough to be a queen.

My ambition is not of the kind which aims at power.