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Powerful Quotes (page 162)

Cites and Thrones and Powers. Stand in Time's eye. Which daily die; But, as new buds put forth. To glad new men, Out of the spend and unconsidered Earth, The cities will rise again Rudyard Kipling
It was as if the power and loneliness of the vampires' world had combined with the group oriented puppy-pile world of the shapeshifters and made something new. Laurell K. Hamilton
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self requires strength; He who knows he has enough is rich. Perseverance is a sign of will power. Lao Tzu
Thucydides quote: "Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most."
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most. Thucydides
Eric Hoffer quote: "Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power"
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. David Beckham
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Our properties within our own territories [should not] be..."
Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. Thomas Jefferson
You can neither lie to a neighbourhood park, nor reason with it. 'Artist's conceptions' and persuasive renderings can put pictures of life into proposed neighbourhood parks or park malls, and verbal rationalizations can conjure up users who ought to appreciate them, but in real life only diverse surroundings have the practical power of inducing a natural, continuing flow of life and use. Jane Jacobs
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy. Arthur C. Clarke
Dealing with the impossible, fantasy can show us what may be really possible. If there is grief, there is the possibility of consolation; if hurt, the possibility of healing; and above all, the curative power of hope. If fantasy speaks to us as we are, it also speaks to us as we might be Lloyd Alexander
No Man has a more perfect reliance on the all-wise and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks his aid more necessary...The man must be bad indeed who can look upon the events of the American Revolution without feeling the warmest gratitude towards the great Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so frequently manifested in our behalf....In war He directed the sword, and in peace, He has ruled in our councils. George Washington
He who is our Eternal Father has blessed you with miraculous powers of mind and body. He never intended that you should be less than the crowning glory of His creations. Gordon B. Hinckley
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit...."
There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword. Napoleon Bonaparte
Nothing but vast wisdom and onlimited power should dare sweep men off in multitudes,' he added; 'for it is only the one that can know the necessity of the judgement; and what is there short of the other, that can replace the creatures of the Lord? James F. Cooper
Clive James quote: "When absolute power is on offer, talent fights to get in."
When absolute power is on offer, talent fights to get in. Clive James

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