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Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one read more
Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!
This administration has broken faith with the people of America.
They have squandered the immense good will extended by other
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This administration has broken faith with the people of America.
They have squandered the immense good will extended by other
nations.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
He is most powerful who has power over himself
He is most powerful who has power over himself
We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the read more
We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish. But they are witness to hum.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),