“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
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Voices on power
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.”
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“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
“There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.”
“We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.”
“She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.”
“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”
“I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.”
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”
“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”
“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”
“Nothing external to you has any power over you.”
“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.”
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.”
“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”
“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”
“Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.”
“The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.”
“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”
“Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?”