The responsibility of power is like holding an egg. Grasp it too tightly and it will drip through your fingers; hold it too loosely and it will drop and break. (Ghanaian Proverb) - More Ghanaian Proverbs...
Kindred without friends, friends without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, profit without virtue, is not worth a rush. (French Proverb) - More French Proverbs...
Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who naught enjoyed while young, denied the means And naught when old enjoyed, denied the power (Greek Proverb) - More Greek Proverbs...
At the base of a monument of a falcon protecting its young at the Air Force Academy. Man's flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge. (Traditional Proverb) - More Traditional Proverbs...