Power Motivation Quotes

There's how, basically, Son Goku from 'Dragon Ball' doesn't fight for the sake of others but because he wants to fight against strong guys. So once 'Dragon Ball' got animated, at any rate, I've always been dissatisfied with the 'righteous hero'-type portrayal they gave him.

I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The simple cannot fathom how any man would dare presume to prevail, while the wise are amazed that any reasonable man would want the world, assuming he could get it.

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

For me, power was never an attraction.

Ambition, of course, is the politician's currency.

There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people.

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

If you win power, remember why you wanted it.

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.

Superwoman is motivated by power and money and sex, and sex and money and power. Who can't relate to that?