Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

The line suggests that “power” is not only an external force but also a psychological and social construction: we amplify others’ authority through fear, deference, mythmaking, or internalized oppression. Read this way, the quote is an invitation to reclaim agency by revising the stories we tell ourselves about who is untouchable, inevitable, or all-controlling. It also implies a critique of hierarchy: institutions and leaders often depend on collective belief and compliance, so changing perception and behavior can shrink their reach. The statement is less about denying real coercive power than about refusing to grant it additional, imagined omnipotence.