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

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: Power Quotes

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future,...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

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

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

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays

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.

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.

Brief is life but love is long.

Brief is life but love is long.

There's no glory like those who save their country.

There's no glory like those who save their country.

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

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...

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of...

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see...

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see...

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas,...

Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas,...

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.