Power

Famous quotes containing the word power:

“Though I than He—may longer live
He longer must—than I—
For I have but the power to kill,
Without—the power to die—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“In this our talking America, we are ruined by our good nature and listening on all sides. This compliance takes away the power of being greatly useful.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.”
—Charlotte Davis Kasl (20th century)