"Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it, and some people don't."

Power, Influence, Choice, Ambition

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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

Power, Magic, Awakening, Inspirational

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Power, Fantasy, President, Want

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Power, Fear, Help, May

"...without money you cannot fight money."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Power, Money, Fight, Truth

"When you win, the rules change, and you find you've lost."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Power, Rules, Change, Loss

"The soul fire determines the strength of the spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Soul, Fire, Strength, Spirit

"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Power, Control, Force, Violence

"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Faith, Fear

"Without craziness, there is no courage."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Courage, Bravery, Risk, Strength

"You must conquer every fear with faith."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Fear, Faith, Strength

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"Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed."

Evil

"It's a funny thing, one day you're living and the next day you're not sometimes, whether you have plans or not. Wishes and wants get trumped by the reaper every time. I don't even know if I would want a warning if it was my time. I think I'd rather be surprised."

Mortality

"Everybody dies. It's no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning."

Mortality

"Now, it's time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that's gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin' a lie to his son from his death bed. What's the point? Who besides yourself are you fooling?"

Meaning

"If the forest has a day of fire and the heat of the flames does not consume a special tree, it will still be changed; charred, but still standing."

Resilience

"If all you do is think about what you need, you're no better than an animal in the woods, and no smarter either. To be human, you've got to want. It makes you smarter and stronger."

Humanity

"As an adult I had mastered the art of looking without seeing and listening without hearing and eating without tasting and maybe even existing without living."

Awareness

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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."

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

"...without money you cannot fight money."

"When you win, the rules change, and you find you've lost."

"The soul fire determines the strength of the spirit."

"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

"Without craziness, there is no courage."

"You must conquer every fear with faith."

Explore more quotes by Dan Groat

"Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed."

"It's a funny thing, one day you're living and the next day you're not sometimes, whether you have plans or not. Wishes and wants get trumped by the reaper every time. I don't even know if I would want a warning if it was my time. I think I'd rather be surprised."

"Everybody dies. It's no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning."

"He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men."

"The weak thrive on indulgence."

"Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost."

"Now, it's time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that's gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin' a lie to his son from his death bed. What's the point? Who besides yourself are you fooling?"

"If the forest has a day of fire and the heat of the flames does not consume a special tree, it will still be changed; charred, but still standing."

"If all you do is think about what you need, you're no better than an animal in the woods, and no smarter either. To be human, you've got to want. It makes you smarter and stronger."

"As an adult I had mastered the art of looking without seeing and listening without hearing and eating without tasting and maybe even existing without living."