"Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce."

Power, Strength, Will

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"Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce."

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"There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Power, Age, Sex

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Power, War, Communism, Corruption

"The prayer of a righteous man avails much."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Power, Prayer, Righteous, Effectiveness, Spirituality

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Power, Truth

"People having victimhood attract imperious and authoritative individuals in their life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Power, Victimhood, Influence, Authority, Relationships

"All the problems of the nation are nothing, in comparison to the might of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Power, Problems, Nation, Might, God

"Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey!"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Power, Control, Authority, Fear

"Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!"

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Power, Women, Fire, Strength

"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness."

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"The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten."

Life

"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped."

Life

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."

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"All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition."

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"Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body."

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"One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better."

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"There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex."

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

"The prayer of a righteous man avails much."

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."

"People having victimhood attract imperious and authoritative individuals in their life."

"All the problems of the nation are nothing, in comparison to the might of God."

"Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey!"

"Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!"

"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."

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"One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness."

"The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten."

"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped."

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."

"All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition."

"Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body."

"One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better."

"The only joy in the world is to begin."

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."

"Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue."