152+ Power Quotes

Are you ready to step into the next level of greatness? Power quotes provide an inspirational kick-start for any life goal or task you may have. Fill your mind with the motivation and strength of powerful words which help you tap into your own power and gain the confidence and courage to take action.

Are you looking to be inspired, motivated, and empowered? If so, look no further than uplifting power quotes which will give you the strength and courage to keep going whenever you need a bit of extra courage or a reminder to take on any challenge and reach your goals.

Best Power Quotes

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale

I’m just doing me, and to me, that’s what got me this far. Lil Uzi Vert

Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backstage stuff… and if you can contribute more to the show, you have more staying power. Trish Stratus

To lose your path is the way to find that path. BTS, Lost”

I am the smartest man alive! Billy Madison

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you Norman Vincent Peale

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem. Tupac Shakur

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Weisel

I’m not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger – and then moving on quickly to the next blogger. J. I. Packer

The steps of power are often steps on sand. Edward Counsel, Maxims

We’ve never had a giant circulation. And we’ve always been a magazine for writers and for sophisticated readers. We’ve never had to run stories that would appeal to a million people. And what you end up with is a kind of tradition that might have staying power – the cockroach after armageddon. Lorin Stein

The major difference I’ve found between the highly successful and the least successful is that the highly successful stick to it. They have staying power. Everybody fails. Everybody takes his knocks, but the highly successful keep coming back. Sherry Lansing

Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread, and butter of Days of Yore and Russians, sadly have very little staying power in these lickety-split Modern Times. Marisha Pessl

A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I’m simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download. Gordon Smith

The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what’s important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally. Bill Bradley

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein

Knock me down  times, but I get up . Cardi B

I just want the songs to have the staying power as my favorite songs. If you listen to any Hank Williams song, when you’re in a good mood, it’s going to put you in a better mood. If you happen to be bummed out, you’re going to feel maybe a little more bummed out and better at the same time. At any time in my life, his music has had meaning and value to me. If a song can shape-shift in that way, that’s a sign of success. M. Ward

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I walk into all these organizations, and I’m always puzzled when I realize that people still want to be there. Most people really want to love their organizations. We need that level of commitment … Yet organizations have done very little to deserve that kind of staying power. Walter Wriston

The common denominator between the victories of Arsenal and Fenerbache? The strength of mind, the courage to dare in another team’s domain, the inner belief that is as much a part of sporting success as the skill a fellow may be born with. Robert Hughes

Luck is not a business model. Anthony Bourdain

Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand. Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary. Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon

Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone. The Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don’t. Oskar Shindler

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times. Bill Parcells

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Famous Power Quotes

I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way. Johnny Cash

Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Paulo Freire

Keep your friends close, your enemies even closer. Sun Tzu

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward. Nipsey Hussle

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. David Brin

Look at the sky tonight. All the stars have a reason. Lil Peep

Well, it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is. Bill Murray

The best revenge is massive success. Frank Sinatra

In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. Leo Tolstoy

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do. The Weeknd

You see what power is holding someone else’s fear in your hand and showing it to them. Amy Tan

I work hard. But I play hard, too.  Pitbull

Haters keep on hating cause somebody’s gotta do it. Chris Brown

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. Edmund Burke

Decide how badly you want it and proceed accordingly. Robin Arzon

Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. J.R. Miller

With great power there must also come great responsibility! Stan Lee

Blackheart Records being  years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren’t able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans. Joan Jett

I know that now, and now is all that matters. Beth Dutton

Life is all about the evolution J. Cole, Change

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. Noam Chomsky

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The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten (much as we can easily destroy our puny selves). Stephen Jay Gould

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. Mitch Hedberg

it can only be caught.

Wear your crown and go chase your dreams. Summer Walker

Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon. Pink Floyd

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. Charles de Gaulle

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed. J. G. Ballard

but not the staying power. Y. C. James Yen

In life you always see the darkest days before the sunshine. Polo G

I paint flowers so they will not die. Frida Kahlo

No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile. Mac Miller

Don’t wait for them to tell you. Tell them.  Cent

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. Seneca

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

Peace is the absence of confusion. Wu-Tang

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. Margaret Thatcher

The pursuit of God is a pursuit of passion. Indifference will not do. To abide in the Word is to hang on tenaciously. A weak grip will soon slip away. Discipleship requires staying power. We sign up for duration. We do not graduate until heaven. R. C. Sproul

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people. Bad Bunny

I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying. Jay-Z

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Inspirational Power Quotes

Gotta keep my head above water, gotta make it through. NBA YoungBoy, Untouchable

…Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out. David McCullough

Victory; a matter of staying power. Elbert Hubbard

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests. Horacio Castellanos Moya

The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use its power around the world, it’s something that democracies tend to be quite skeptical about. Mark Danner

It’s never too late to get good at something. Guy Fieri

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker

Nothing left to do but smile. Jerry Garcia

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe

Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters Eminem

And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is. E.J. Patten, Return to Exile

I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I’d cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power. John Fogerty

I am my inspiration. Lizzo

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. Paul Wellstone

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We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must build character in peacetime because there is no time in war. Character is the most important quality you can find in any person, but especially in a soldier. It is the foundation that will get anybody through anything he may encounter. Reputation is what people think you are; character is what you are- that is the staying power. Glen E. Morrell

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way. Thich Hat Hanh

The superhuman power which exhilaration and hypnosis bring to a dancer is shown especially clearly in his almost inconceivable staying powers in a state of high tensionIn the dance, even the weakest can do wonders. Curt Sachs

There can only be one king. Pablo Escobar

If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow. Beyoncé Knowles

The harder I work, the luckier I become. Terry Pratchett

On the contrary, a trust in the staying power and travel-worthiness of such good should encourage us to credit the possibility of a world where respect for the validity of every tradition

What a dog I got. His favorite bone is in my arm. Rodney Dangerfield

Damn right I like the life I live because I went from negative to positive. Biggie Smalls

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. George Orwell,

I refer to the crusading spirit.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck

Never break or fold, that’s what it takes to be major. Kevin Gates

As fleeting commitments, diets often fail. Thinking of dietary choices as part of who you are…can give them really staying power Nir Eyal

will issue in the creation and maintenance of a salubrious political space. Seamus Heaney

Absolute power was not meant for man. William E. Channing, Thoughts

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Tao Te Ching

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. Kahlil Gibran

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the th-century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have little staying power in shaping popular views of their leadership. Robert Dallek

The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato

Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success. Prince

Your river is strong. Let it flow. Glennon Doyle

Over the long term, the eclipse rate of great civilizations being overtaken is %. So you know how it’s going to end. (Laughter) I’m more optimistic about the staying power of what’s good in this country. But just because you have a wonderful spouse doesn’t mean you should treat her badly. You have the feeling that some of the old virtues [that made this country great] are lessening. But there’s so much good and so much strength left that I would not expect this country to suddenly founder. Charlie Munger

Life is what you make it, just don’t fake it. G Herbo

One of the things about powerful people is they have the ability to make it look easy. Ice-T

Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power? Noel Coward

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Motivational Power Quotes

Do the thing and you will have the power. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Calmness is the cradle of power. J.G. Holland

The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. Howard G. Hendricks

There is no normal life, there’s just life. Get on with it. Doc Holliday, Tombstone

I believe in the resonance and staying power of quiet photographs. These photographs required a certain seeing, but few special techniques, and no tricks. Something though was hard. It was hard being between photographs and not knowing when or how another image would reveal itself. William Albert Allard

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass

Commitment. Someone who’ll go the distance. I need somebody with staying power who’ll make me go weak in the knees. Commitment. And everything that goes with it. I need honor and love in my life from somebody who’s playing for keeps. LeAnn Rimes

If you can abuse your power you have too much. Marty Rubin

Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.  W. E. B. Du Bois

While the Passover narrative [in Exodus] energizes Israel’s imagination toward justice, Israel’s hard work of implementation of that imaginative scenario was done at Mt. Sinai. . . . Moses’ difficult work at Sinai is to transform the narrative vision of the Exodus into a sustainable social practice that has institutional staying-power, credibility, and authority. Walter Brueggemann

Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissipate so easily… Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself. Erica Jong

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Only thing free in life is options. Moneybagg Yo

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise. Ram Dass

I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it. John Proctor

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. Socrates

The Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it’s over. Ryan Holiday

Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon

Don’t be scared to live your life without judgment. Lil Durk

Be kind to one another, even when it’s not requested. XXXTENTACION

I need somebody with staying power who will make me go weak in the knees. LeAnn Rimes

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. Henry Kissinger

Well,” he said, I think we’ve found our way in. We just wait until they’re duking it out, but trust me, these Humans First types don’t have a lot of staying power or they’d have been at the gym with me before. I doubt Grandma Kent there is going to do a lot of damage.” He pointed at a gray-haired, hunched lady in a shawl, carrying what looked like a gardening toolIt’s like Plants Versus Zombies, and I’m not rooting for the zombies, weirdly enough. Rachel Caine

Pomegranate juice has staying power. It’s not a fad. Once people have tasted POM Wonderful, they say they are addicted – and it’s a good addiction to have. Lynda Resnick

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. Alan Watts

Music’s staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are. Gary Wright

Your mind must be stronger than your feelings. Andrew Tate

I’ve seen people that are extremely brilliant and they don’t have the staying power. They don’t have that never give up quality. I’ve always said that other than bad ideas, which is a reason for failure, the ability to never ever quit or give up is something that is very, very important for success as an entrepreneur. Donald Trump

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Russell

I don’t like people around me sad. I like making people happy. Tyler, The Creator

The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish. Henrik Ibsen

The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. In fact, that’s why it is unlike any other book. You may be an expert in a given field. If you read a book in that field two or three times you’ve got it. But that’s never true of the Bible. Read it over and over again, and you’ll see things that you’ve never seen before. Howard G. Hendricks

All the wars of the world, all the Caesars, have not the staying power of a lily in a cottage garden. Reginald Farrer

The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Honoré de Balzac

Once you really know yourself, can’t nobody tell you nothing about you. Megan Thee Stallion

It’s okay to start over, let someone else love you the right way. Rod Wave

Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential. Nicki Minaj

With one eye on today’s blessings, you will have more staying power for the distant goal. Henry B. Eyring

Even a blind man knows when the sun is shining. Grateful Dead

Don’t trust children with edge tools. Don’t trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would! Ralph Waldo Emerson

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts. Perhaps the fear of a loss of power. John Steinbeck

Time is a wonderful storyteller. Deion Sanders

The object of power is power. George Orwell

The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace. Mahatma Gandhi

No matter what’s going on in your life right now, positive effort quotes can help you reach your potential each day.