961 private quotes tagged power

“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.” — Ayn Rand

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“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.” — Winston Churchill

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“There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.” — Samuel Johnson

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“I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.” — Leo Tolstoy

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“Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice.” — Edmund Burke

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“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.” — Aristotle

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“People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.” — Edmund Burke

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“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.” — Joseph Stalin

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“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” — Albert Einstein

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“Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.” — Arnold J. Toynbee

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“All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” — Charles A. Beard

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“My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.” — Clay Aiken

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“I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.” — Stephen King

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“Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” — Mike Ditka

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“Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.” — Tyler Perry

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“The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.” — Joseph Conrad

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“A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.” — Ani DiFranco

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“Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.” — John Adams

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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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“Politics isn't about big money or power games it's about the improvement of people's lives.” — Paul Wellstone

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“Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.” — Alice Walker

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“With my new venture, Club Mom, we want to empower moms to feel their value and also build their collective power to make their lives better and easier. We want to bring them together as a community to share experiences and information.” — Andrew Shue

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