Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Power Quotes

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she...

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she...

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds

There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

All experience is an arch where through gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for...

All experience is an arch where through gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for...

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for...

He never sold the truth to serve the hour, nor paltered with Eternal God for...

'Tis the little rift within the lute - That by and by will make the...

'Tis the little rift within the lute - That by and by will make the...

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and...

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.