Linda Hunt Quotes

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

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.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

For me, power was never an attraction.

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

I have no interest in the trappings of power.

I had worked hard my entire career to establish myself as a leader. But I wasn't a leader until I was perceived as one.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

I'm not into power for the sake of it.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

I believe in power.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominance.

Power reveals.

His essence was force ... the relish of power, and command.

Power resides where men believe power resides.

It is not a mistake to want power.

I never say someone is powerful.

In Mexico, the perception of power is power.

Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

I've always known I've had power.