Jeff Rich Quotes

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility—the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

The person who manages the state is me.

The fellow that has power is the one who uses it sparingly ... I had more power when I went into office than when I went out.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's a fact that we have power. Everyone—friend and enemy—looks to see how we use it, how we treat it, how we keep it.

Some call it power; I prefer to call it responsibility.

We are defined by how we use our power.

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is a finer.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: you are.

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

Leaders are important but not omnipotent.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

I can always make trouble for who I guard and control the effort I bring.