Short quotations about, power - Page 5

Stewart L. Udall, commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965

We have, I fear, confused power wit…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Great short quote and quotation by: Stewart L. Udall, commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965 , US politician (1920 – )

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We know very little, and yet it is …

15 Feb , 2011  

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Stephen Vincent Benet, Litany for Dictatorships, 1935

We thought, because we had power, w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Vincent Benet, Litany for Dictatorships, 1935 , US poet & short story author (1898 – 1943)

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What a mistake to suppose that the …

15 Feb , 2011  

What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker! They are more easily excited, they are more violent and apparent; but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in the maturer life. Great short quote […]

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

What an immense power over the life…

15 Feb , 2011  

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motions of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ,

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Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist, section 2

What is good? All that heightens th…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome. Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist, section 2 , German philosopher […]

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Gaius Petronius

What power has law where only money…

15 Feb , 2011  

What power has law where only money rules. Great short quote and quotation by: Gaius Petronius , (~66 AD)

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What you can do, or dream you can d…

15 Feb , 2011  

What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whatever you can do or dream you ca…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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Whatever you fear most has no power…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever you fear most has no power – it is your fear that has the power. Great short quote and quotation by: Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine , US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

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When a man feels throbbing within h…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, and all of his faculties say “amen” to what he is doing, and give their unqualified approval to his efforts, – this is happiness, this is success. Great short quote and quotation by: […]

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When I say I believe in a square de…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean … to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there […]

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