"The sword was not the kingdom, he says."

Power, Kingdom, Symbolism, Authority

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

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Power, Enemy, Friend, Strength, Life

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

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"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Power, Failure

"The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages."

Tom Stoppard, English Dramatist

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"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

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"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Power, Inspirational, Truth, Wisdom

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

Duty

"Strength to your arm, then."

Motivation

"My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit."

Humor

"Lady Selyse was as tall as her husband, thin of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip. She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. Her eyes were pale, her mouth stern, her voice a whip. She cracked it now."

Character

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

Courage

"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

Creativity

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

"Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go."

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

"The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral."

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

"The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages."

"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

"Strength to your arm, then."

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"There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it."

"Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well."

"In this world the weak are the victims of the strong."

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"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

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