But it doesn’t take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.””It might to keep it open.

Many are called, few are chosen.

In my isolation, I dreamt of power. My daydreams and fantasies were all about how I could win, how I could be number one, how I could have my cake and eat it too. When...

Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men of the earth — and yet we have no right to bow down to...

The problem isn’t that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!

give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

The grenade attack sent a message that to oppose those in power is dangerous, even lethal, while those in charge who commit the worst kinds of human rights violations will get away with murder.

Spirituality is like a thin-thin thread, that if delicately followed guides us from darkness to light; from poverty to abundance and from destruction to safety.

A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous or uncomfortable, just speak your truth. Instead of acting like everything is all...

People often don’t understand the engine that drives corruption. Particularly in India, they assume government equals corruption, private companies equal efficiency. But government officials are not genetically programmed to be corrupt. Corruption is linked to...

Is it your implication that no good will come of this expedition?’‘Oh it will, sir; there’s no denying that.’ Captain Chillingworth’s words emerged very slowly, as if they had been pulled up from a deep...

In the midst of wanting to be powerful, I found a weakness.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

Sometimes great power brings out the worst in us, and unfortunately, it isn’t until people are given it that we see the true shades of their character.

They’ve done everything in their power to get that field ready. It can’t be perfect. It’s a groundskeeper’s worst nightmare.

Choose your thoughts, carve them in your mind and fix your gaze on them always.

I am a scholar of stupidity, so thanks for existing.

Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength...

He’s got some pop. Khalil is going to be an offensive shortstop. He’s going to supply some power.

Now, I don’t believe that a god exists. I think that gods are creation of men, by men, and for men. What has happened over the many centuries now, the better part of two thousand...

Authority is not power; that’s coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that’s persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to make a statement and to be heard.

The innate harmony that exists between mind and body is one of the secrets behind the amazing power of Shin-shin-toitsu-do, which is weakened by an inefficient use of the body. Our bodies must be strong,...

Power was my weakness and my temptation.

A man needs to feel powerful and respected. Innately within us, as far back as we can remember, we have taught ourselves to grand stand in our abilities to be tough, to conquer, to impress...

Private Latimer had become a monster, and he must have guessed this was so. Did a girl love him before? Could she continue to?

If you do not achieve your God-given goals, it does not mean God has not given the power. It rather means you have taken His power for granted!

Knowledge is Power, Power provides Information; Information leads to Education, Education breeds Wisdom; Wisdom is Liberation. People are not liberated because of lack of knowledge.

You have it in your God-given power, the willingness to make the years ahead of you to become a brighter one. Avoid things that will not make you a success in the nearby future!

The fastest way to die is to live a lie

When you see something wrong and fail to do anything about it, even in the smallest effort, you accept the wrong.

The names of entities that have the power to constrain us change with time. Convention and authority are replaced by infirmity. But my attitude toward them has not changed. Has not changed.

Merging with BellSouth would give AT&T that much greater market power and command over access networks. So I think it’s a legitimate concern, considering that AT&T is already leaning toward premium pricing for companies that...

My TV’s remote control didn’t have a source of energy, so I poured coffee in it. Now I can read any book I want.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

My heart only grows more powerful the more my flowing love goes unabsorbed, unobserved, and unappreciated.

This man’s spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will...

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all...

This is a bigger story for Apple than for Intel. Apple liked Intel’s roadmap better than that of Power PC, and the idea is that they will now sell a higher percentage of notebook computers.

I had never met a lord before, nor had I ever expected to meet one. It didn’t matter what he looked like: he was a lord first, and a human being, with a face and...

Power, it seems, is one of those terms we all understand and can explain–until asked to do so.

If you don’t start playing by my rules, you’ll be lucky to be licking stamps in some lowly, legal aid office.

Men don’t rape women because their women are ugly,” cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. “That’s what my fa said! He says that inside their hearts and spirits they are...

I mind the unmindful, but I mind my own mind too. Mine your mind, and mine the minds of others. Mind.. you are mine!

On Andrew Jackson: “His native strength compelled every man to be his tool that came within his reach; and the more cunning the individual might be, it served only to make him a sharper tool.

The bullies are always popular.Why?People love power.

Knowledge is power and at the end of the day, our health, the health of our children, the health of our community, and the health of Mother Earth is our responsibility. Therefore, it is imperative...

The world is a much more beautiful and incredible place than you think, and each of us has a great deal of power to make it more so.

I always loved running / it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you...