Quotes with horse-power

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  • Laurence Sterne Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
    Laurence Sterne
    British author (1713 - 1768)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Henry George Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and where ever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.
    Henry George
    American political economist and journalist (1839 - 1897)
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  • Maria Weston Chapman Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.
    Maria Weston Chapman
    American abolitionist (1806 - 1885)
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  • Woodrow Wilson Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • James Madison Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
    James Madison
    American statesman, President (1751 - 1836)
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  • John Adams Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Voltaire Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Philip Roth Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Stephen Leacock Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Ericka Huggins Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.
    Ericka Huggins
    American activist (1951 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Buffalo Bill Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
    Source: The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Epictetus Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Hans J. Morgenthau Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.
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  • James Allen Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • Ayn Rand Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
    Source: The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Blaise Pascal Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Alfred A. Montapert Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.
    Alfred A. Montapert
    American writer
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