Charles Caleb Colton Quotes About Power

• Cuando la frustración de mi impotencia parecía mayor, descubrí que la gracia de Dios era más que suficiente. Y después de mi encarcelamiento, pude mirar atrás y ver cómo Dios utilizó mi impotencia para Su propósito. Lo que Él ha elegido como mi testimonio más significativo no fueron mis triunfos o victorias, sino mi derrota.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Frustration, Power, Grace

• 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

  Pain, Real, Power

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). "Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Dirigido a los que piensan", p.187

• That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Power, Overcoming, Cowardice

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.34

• The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Powerful, Weak, Said

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.195

• It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Mistake, Power, Order

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.88

• El poder embriagará los mejores corazones, como el vino las cabezas más fuertes. Ningún hombre es lo bastante sabio ni lo bastante bueno para que se le confíe un poder ilimitado.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Wise, Heart, Wine

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.218

• Power, like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Power, Giving, Exaltation

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.23

• Hay tres clases de poder: la riqueza, la fuerza y el talento; pero como la vejez siempre debilita, a menudo destruye, los dos últimos, los ancianos se ven inducidos a aferrarse con mayor avidez al primero.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Poder, Dos, Edad

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). "Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Dirigido a los que piensan", p.26

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