“I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.”
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“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.”
“The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.”
“And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.”
“Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.”
“Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank.”
“What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?”
“Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.”
“Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.”
“One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.”
“Let's hope brands recognize that the true power of this technology is not its reach but its ability to communicate substance that adds meaning to our lives. Otherwise, brands will be investing in technology that consumers simply won't buy.”
“Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.”
“Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.”
“Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.”
“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
“When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.”
“When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.”
“The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.”
“I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”
“Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.”
“Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.”
“Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.”
“Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.”