Measure of a Man, Power, Plato

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

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/879.Plato.

Female, Validate Her Existence, Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 156.

Try to Destroy You, Power, See It, Bell Hooks

“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don't see it, but because they see it and don't want it to exist.” - Bell Hooks

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 119.

Any Female, Legitimate, Validate, Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 156.

Experience, Lesson, Power, Wally Amos

“Every experience has a lesson...You give things power over yourself and then they own you.” - Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Corp., and a new company, Uncle Noname, in Parade Magazine, May 22, 1994

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 5.

Women, Money, Power, Candace Bushnell

“Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.” - Candace Bushnell

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.

Power, Being a Lady, Margaret Thatcher

"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

Found on Brainy Quote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/margaret_thatcher_109592.

Power, One Duty, Social Welfare, Benjamin Disraeli

"Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People." - Benjamin Disraeli

Found on BrainyQuote, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_disraeli_154171.

Women, Money, Power, Candace Bushnell

“Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.” - Candace Bushnell

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 24.

Choose to do Great Things, No Difference, Power, Oprah Winfrey

“Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.” - Oprah Winfey

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 162.

Women, Learn, Power, Take It, Roseanne Barr

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it." - Roseanne Barr

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/roseanne_barr_105145.

Virtues, Dangers, Power, Shared Laughter, Francoise Sagan

“One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.” - Francoise Sagan

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 84.

Power, Alice Walker

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

Found on GoodReads, here.