"The power to question is the basis of all human progress."

Power, Progress, Question

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"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Power, Trust, Day, Judgment

"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Power, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

Power, Nature, People, Artists

"Power is the most persuasive rhetoric."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Power, Rhetoric

"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Power, Success, Morality, Crime

"It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice!"

John Steinbeck, American Author

Power, Choice, Glory, Responsibility

"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

Voltaire, French Writer

Power, Religion, Reason

"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Power, People, Man

"All children have creative power."

Brenda Ueland, American Writer

Power, Children

"My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."

Anna Sewell, English Writer

Power, Cruelty, Doctrine, Guilt

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"My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not."

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"Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away."

Action

"One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money."

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"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

Work

"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."

Growth

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

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"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."

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"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

"People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power."

"Power is the most persuasive rhetoric."

"It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice!"

"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again."

"All children have creative power."

"My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."

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"People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights."

"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."

"There is not love where there is no will."

"My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not."

"Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away."

"One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money."

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."

"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."