"Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives."

Power, Desire, Force, Motive

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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

Power, Religion, Reason

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

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Power, Influence, Responsibility, Truth

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

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Power, Failure

"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

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

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Power, Inspirational, Truth, Wisdom

"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

"She felt powerless to withstand or deny him. He was altogether too much for her, and Bathsheba seemed as one who, facing a reviving wind, finds it to blow so strongly that it stops the breath."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Power, Weakness, Resistance, Control

"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

"Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Power, Prayer, Faith, Spiritual

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

John Steinbeck, American Author

Power, Money, Fight, Truth

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"Well, whose opinion did you take? "I don't ask for opinions." "What do you go by?"Judgment. "Well, whose judgment did you take? "Mine. "But whom did you consult about it?". "Nobody."

Integrity

"Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor-by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence-and every achievement is an expression of it."

Motivational

"No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man.There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave ."

Freedom

"There are two things we must get rid of early in life: a feeling of personal superiority and an exaggerated reverence for the sexual act."

Growth

"All that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good, all that which destroys it is the evil."

Character

"No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea."

Society

"Logic rests on the axiom that existence exists. Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification."

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

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

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

"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!"

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

"She felt powerless to withstand or deny him. He was altogether too much for her, and Bathsheba seemed as one who, facing a reviving wind, finds it to blow so strongly that it stops the breath."

"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."

"Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power."

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

Explore more quotes by Ayn Rand

"Well, whose opinion did you take? "I don't ask for opinions." "What do you go by?"Judgment. "Well, whose judgment did you take? "Mine. "But whom did you consult about it?". "Nobody."

"Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor-by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence-and every achievement is an expression of it."

"And, after all, you've got to live. "Not that way, said Roark."

"What glory can there be in the conquest of a mindless body?"

"I'm not asking you to do your best. I'm asking you to do your job.""

"No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man.There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave ."

"There are two things we must get rid of early in life: a feeling of personal superiority and an exaggerated reverence for the sexual act."

"All that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good, all that which destroys it is the evil."

"No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea."

"Logic rests on the axiom that existence exists. Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification."