"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power." ― Alfred Lord Tennyson Topic(s): Power More From Alfred Lord Tennyson "Love is the only gold." "The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions." "Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within." More In Power "An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy."― Daniel Webster "After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything to gain power, and then never follow through."― Adam Rickitt "Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established."― Honore de Balzac