Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Power
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Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.
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Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
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Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.
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Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.
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Power is neither male nor female.
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Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?
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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
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Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
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