"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."

Power, Authority, Fate, Contempt

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"You create your world with your thoughts."

Rhonda Byrne, Australian Author

Power, Thought, Creation, Mind

"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

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"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

Peter L. Berger, Austrian Sociologist

Power, Possibility, Economy, State

"Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power."

Julian Casablancas, American Musician

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"But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

Power, Growth, Freedom, Lies

"Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Self-Confidence, Strength, Mind

"Television has tremendous power over our lives."

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American Celebrity

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"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people."

John Quincy Adams, American President

Power, People, Maxim

"You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."

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"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

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"It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature."

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"The world won't be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

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"I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research."

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"Nothing happens until something moves."

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"You create your world with your thoughts."

"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."

"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

"Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power."

"But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

"Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will!"

"Television has tremendous power over our lives."

"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people."

Explore more quotes by Albert Einstein

"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

"It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature."

"The world won't be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

"You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created."

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

"We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings."

"Do you really believe that the moon isn't there when nobody looks?"

"I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research."

"Nothing happens until something moves."