961 private quotes tagged power

“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.” — Thomas Huxley

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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.” — Epictetus

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“In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm.” — Suze Orman

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“There is this power that comes with being famous.” — Rod Stewart

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“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.” — Stendhal

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“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.” — Ron Wyden

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“Technology is like water it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely.” — Marc Andreessen

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“Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.” — David Brinkley

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“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.” — Madeleine Albright

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“What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?” — Orison Swett Marden

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“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.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“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.” — Jill Scott

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“Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.” — Allen Klein

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“He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.” — Walter Scott

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“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.” — Jim Carrey

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“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.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.” — Samuel Smiles

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“Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.” — Eric Sevareid

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“When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.” — Emile Coue

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“When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.” — Susan Sarandon

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“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.” — Mark Hopkins

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“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.” — Sylvester Stallone

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“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.” — James Allen

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“Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.” — Margaret J. Wheatley

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“Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.” — Donald Trump

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