Ambition is the immoderate desire for power. Votes: 2
The desire for power feeds off itself, growing as it devours. Votes: 2
When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time Votes: 2
It is, at the most basic level, a bundle of contradictions: a desire for power that strips you of all power. A gesture of strength that divests you of all strength. Votes: 2
Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals. Votes: 2
What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire for power, the ambitions, the fear, and the enraptured and terrified folly of mankind? Votes: 2
But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this we shall put him out of reckoning. Votes: 2
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind. Votes: 2
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self. Votes: 2
Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but excluding anything too emotional or nurturing, currently denies men this balance. Their ability to care is seen as inappropriate for everyday use, and a lack of desire for power or promotion are seen as signs of inadequacy. Votes: 2
Desire for power is a kind of greed indulged by the unfulfilled Votes: 0
Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit. Votes: 0
Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means. Votes: 0
Use the power of your conscious & subconscious mind to create a vibrational match for the abundance you desire and deserve. Votes: 0
But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in. Votes: 0
A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power. Votes: 0
There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties. Votes: 0
It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed. Votes: 0
And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. Votes: 0
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory. Votes: 0
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. Votes: 0
Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment. Votes: 0
Everything in the world of soul has a deep desire and longing for visible form; this is exactly where the power of the imagination lives. Votes: 0
If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us to prayer. Votes: 0
The desire to have power dissolves. The desire to dominate people for love dissolves. On the other hand, it's a relief to realize you can let go. Votes: 0
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Votes: 6 Napoleon Hill
Power is paradoxical. Votes: 5 Friedrich Durrenmatt