961 private quotes tagged power

“Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power.” — Jon Meacham

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“Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.” — David Ogden Stiers

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“We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.” — Jonathan Safran Foer

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“In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.” — Marc Andreessen

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“It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.” — Whoopi Goldberg

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“I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.” — Rick Warren

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“Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.” — Eric Hoffer

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“The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.” — Charles de Gaulle

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“Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.” — Cornelius Nepos

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“The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.” — Rush Limbaugh

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“You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.” — Colin Powell

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“The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.” — James A. Baldwin

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“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.” — John Stuart Mill

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“A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.” — Jean Rostand

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“Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.” — M. Scott Peck

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“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.” — Joan Didion

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“If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.” — Emil Zatopek

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“The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.” — Michael J. Fox

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“For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.” — Ron Kind

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“The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.” — Wilson Mizner

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“The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.” — Horace

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“When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.” — Julia Margaret Cameron

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“The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves.” — William Hazlitt

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“Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.” — Virginia Woolf

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