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"Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level."

"Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level."

Richard Rohr, American Theologian

Power, Leadership, Maturity, Authority, Influence

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"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."

"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Power, Death, Mystery, Fear

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"Mine mine mine. That was the curse and power of human beings-that what they saw and loved they had to have. They could share it with other people but only if they conceived of those people as being somehow their own. What we own is ours. What you own should also be ours. In fact, you own nothing, if we want it. Because you are nothing. We are the real people, you are only posing as people in order to try to deprive us of what God means us to have."

"Mine mine mine. That was the curse and power of human beings-that what they saw and loved they had to have. They could share it with other people but only if they conceived of those people as being somehow their own. What we own is ours. What you own should also be ours. In fact, you own nothing, if we want it. Because you are nothing. We are the real people, you are only posing as people in order to try to deprive us of what God means us to have."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Power, Ownership, Humanity, Control

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"You lose it if you talk about it."

"You lose it if you talk about it."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Power, Silence, Control, Secrecy

14

"I stood and walked around the desk so I could stand over him. Menacingly. Like Darth Vader, only with better lung capacity."

"I stood and walked around the desk so I could stand over him. Menacingly. Like Darth Vader, only with better lung capacity."

Darynda Jones, American Author

Power, Threat, Presence, Control

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"Civilized Man says: I am Self, I am Master, all the rest is other--outside, below, underneath, subservient. I own, I use, I explore, I exploit, I control. What I do is what matters. What I want is what matter is for. I am that I am, and the rest is women & wilderness, to be used as I see fit."

"Civilized Man says: I am Self, I am Master, all the rest is other--outside, below, underneath, subservient. I own, I use, I explore, I exploit, I control. What I do is what matters. What I want is what matter is for. I am that I am, and the rest is women & wilderness, to be used as I see fit."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Power, Control, Exploitation, Self

14

"The heart power once engaged and awakened is capable of achieving and realising the things to make your life wonderful."

"The heart power once engaged and awakened is capable of achieving and realising the things to make your life wonderful."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Power, Heart, Life, Achievement

14

"This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy."

"This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy."

Alice Walker, American Author

Power, Awareness, Justice, Truth, Responsibility

14

"You can't underestimate the power of fear."

"You can't underestimate the power of fear."

Tricia Nixon, American Celebrity

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"And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you."

"And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you."

Ian McEwan, British Author

Power, Reality, Conflict, Observation

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"Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past."

"Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past."

George Orwell, British Author

Power, Control, Time, History

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"If due to ego you think:i shall not fight, this resolve of yours is vain. your own nature will compel you."

"If due to ego you think:i shall not fight, this resolve of yours is vain. your own nature will compel you."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Power, Ego, Fight, Resolve, Nature

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"If you can abuse your power you have too much."

"If you can abuse your power you have too much."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Power, Abuse, Control, Limit

14

"Having ascended to some spiritual strength by focusing on the power of the feminine, it is no doubt tempting to wield this strength against that which triggers memories of having once been weaker."

"Having ascended to some spiritual strength by focusing on the power of the feminine, it is no doubt tempting to wield this strength against that which triggers memories of having once been weaker."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Power, Strength, Memory, Spiritual

14

"Be like water, which is fluid & soft & yielding, as in time, water will overcome rock which is rigid & hard. Therefor, what is soft is strong."

"Be like water, which is fluid & soft & yielding, as in time, water will overcome rock which is rigid & hard. Therefor, what is soft is strong."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Power, Water, Strength, Overcome

14

"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."

"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Power, Success, Morality, Crime

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"The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained, the vaster the appetite for more."

"The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained, the vaster the appetite for more."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Power, Growth, Ambition, Desire

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"Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power."

"Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Power, Gentlemen, Idealism, Will

14

"What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy."

"What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Power, Solitude, Writer

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"Vandals listen only when others are stronger.If vandals are equal or strongerTheir word is the last word."

"Vandals listen only when others are stronger.If vandals are equal or strongerTheir word is the last word."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Power, Strength, Conflict, Authority

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"People worship power in the form in which they are able to understand it."

"People worship power in the form in which they are able to understand it."

George Orwell, British Author

Power, Worship, Understanding, Behavior

14

"The only people who attain power are those who crave it."

"The only people who attain power are those who crave it."

Erich Kastner, German Author

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"Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority."

"Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Power, Authority, Exercise, Control

14

"Fate has carried me'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breastTo pierce another."

"Fate has carried me'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breastTo pierce another."

George Eliot, British Author

Power, Fate, Strength, Stand, Courage

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"It was a hymn with the force of a march, a march with the majesty of a hymn. It was the song of soldiers bearing sacred banners and of priests carrying swords. It was an anthem to the sanctity of strength."

"It was a hymn with the force of a march, a march with the majesty of a hymn. It was the song of soldiers bearing sacred banners and of priests carrying swords. It was an anthem to the sanctity of strength."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Power, Strength, March, Soldiers

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"But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge."

"But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Power, Knowledge, Needs, Freedom

14

"I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Power, Corruption, Heroism, Reality

14

"A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."

"A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Power, Ownership, Man, Control

14

"The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy."

"The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy."

Harold Russell, American Soldier

Power, Actions, Authority, Contempt

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"Do not accept whatever comes. Do not accept whatever goes. You have infinite power. Exercise your choice."

"Do not accept whatever comes. Do not accept whatever goes. You have infinite power. Exercise your choice."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

Power, Choice, Control, Decision

14

"If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I'm going to send him straight to the southern hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies."

"If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I'm going to send him straight to the southern hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Power, Revenge, End, Destruction

14

"Anger has strength, hate has might, but love has power."

"Anger has strength, hate has might, but love has power."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Anger, Strength, Hate

14

"A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween."

"A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Power, Humor, Memory, Childhood, Tradition

14

"I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power."

"I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power."

Harmon Killebrew, American Athlete

Power, Evil, Intentions

14

"The blazing fire burns to light."

"The blazing fire burns to light."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Fire, Light, Energy, Passion

13

"Looking out the window, Moist saw a small swarm of goblins leave the train and at first he thought, ha! Trust the buggers to run away, and then he mentally corrected himself: that was storybook thinking and with clearer eyesight and a bit of understanding he realized that the goblins were scrambling up to the delvers on the rocks and beating the shit out of them by diving into the multiple layers of dwarf clothing. The delvers discovered all too rapidly that trying to fight while a busy goblin was in your underwear was very bad for the concentration."

"Looking out the window, Moist saw a small swarm of goblins leave the train and at first he thought, ha! Trust the buggers to run away, and then he mentally corrected himself: that was storybook thinking and with clearer eyesight and a bit of understanding he realized that the goblins were scrambling up to the delvers on the rocks and beating the shit out of them by diving into the multiple layers of dwarf clothing. The delvers discovered all too rapidly that trying to fight while a busy goblin was in your underwear was very bad for the concentration."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Power, Conflict, Action, Wisdom, Truth

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"The blazing fire burns!"

"The blazing fire burns!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Fire, Energy, Strength

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"The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: "I feed on your energy."

"The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: "I feed on your energy."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Power, Violence, Energy, Truth

13

"We have to get you a haircut sometime today. You're starting to look like a sulky rock star.' 'Well, I am a rock star, ' he said, deadpan"

"We have to get you a haircut sometime today. You're starting to look like a sulky rock star.' 'Well, I am a rock star, ' he said, deadpan"

Thea Harrison, American Author

Power, Identity, Humor, Music, Confidence

13

"There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators."

"There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Power, People, Yesterday

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"A drainless shower of light is poesy 'tis the supreme of power 'tis might half slumb'ring on its own right arm."

"A drainless shower of light is poesy 'tis the supreme of power 'tis might half slumb'ring on its own right arm."

John Keats, English Poet

Power, Poetry, Light, Beauty

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"A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power."

"A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Power, Goal, Goals, Debate

13

"You can't learn everything you need to know legally."

"You can't learn everything you need to know legally."

John Irving, American Novelist

Power, Knowledge, Limit, Curiosity, Risk

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"Three generations before I was the one meant for the necklace. I saw him when I was three years old, so clear and strong that he could slip his warm hand in mine, he could lift me in theair, yes, lift my body, but I refused him. I turned my back on him. I told him, You go back to the hell from which you came. And I used my power to fight him."

"Three generations before I was the one meant for the necklace. I saw him when I was three years old, so clear and strong that he could slip his warm hand in mine, he could lift me in theair, yes, lift my body, but I refused him. I turned my back on him. I told him, You go back to the hell from which you came. And I used my power to fight him."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Power, Strength, Vision, Spirit

13

"Think and imagine the possibilities of your heart's desires. You will attract them to you."

"Think and imagine the possibilities of your heart's desires. You will attract them to you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Thinking, Desire, Heart, Vision

13

"Power given up is power given away."

"Power given up is power given away."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

Power, Control, Freedom, Responsibility

13

"Alice, winning means manipulation. It means taking people-people who may have helped you in the past, even people you care about-and using them without hesitation or regret. It means making decisions that would be viewed by any normal-thinking human being as cynical at best and dishonorable at worst."

"Alice, winning means manipulation. It means taking people-people who may have helped you in the past, even people you care about-and using them without hesitation or regret. It means making decisions that would be viewed by any normal-thinking human being as cynical at best and dishonorable at worst."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Power, Manipulation, Ethics, Victory

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"The spiritual force overcomes all other forces."

"The spiritual force overcomes all other forces."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Strength, Overcome, Faith

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"The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show."

"The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Power, Universe, Evil, Control

13

"Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare."

"Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Power, Courage, Ambition, Action

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