Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.

Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to
know its pleasures, we read more

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to
know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the
pains of power are real, its pleasure imaginary.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to read more

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to think?

God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the tooth
of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.

God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the tooth
of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.

Patience and Gentleness is Power.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),

Patience and Gentleness is Power.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),

He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, read more

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.