“Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.”
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“A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.”
“A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.”
“Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed.”
“Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.”
“When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.”
“If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.”
“Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.”
“You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.”
“The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?”
“I'm sure we, the American people, are the b--t of jokes by those in power.”
“I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.”
“Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.”
“In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.”
“If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.”
“Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.”
“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.”
“It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.”
“But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.”
“Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.”
“The incentive to ambition is the love of power.”
“Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.”
“Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.”
“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.”