"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."

Strength, Heroes, Key, Tragedy

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"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."

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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Criticism, Lies, Weakness

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Control, Enemies

"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.This is but half the truth.You are also as strong as your strongest link.To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the oceanby the frailty of its foam.To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Strength, Weakness, Power, Ocean

"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Strength, Control, Tears, Emotion, Dignity

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Strength, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."

William James, American Philosopher

Strength, Crisis, Resilience, Reflection, Resourcefulness

"She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Strength, Action, Blood, Reality

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Strength, Suffering, Character, Endurance

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"One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions."

Leadership, Jobs

"That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar."

People, Focus, Objectives

"Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful."

People, Inventions, Machine

"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."

Money, Values, Force, May

"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"

Design, Society, May

"Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only."

Skill, Variety

"Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola."

Society, History, Successful, Military

"But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization."

Politics, May, Necessity

"This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher."

Politics, Ideals

"Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power."

Power,