Quotes with power-worship

Quotes 861 till 880 of 1019.

  • Carlo Ratti Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
    Carlo Ratti
    Italian architect, engineer and activist
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  • Barack Obama Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
    Speech Chicago 04-11-2008
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Leo Buscaglia Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
    Leo Buscaglia
    American author and motivational speaker (1924 - 1998)
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  • Ben Foster Transcendental Meditation, for me, has been a way of turning down the outside racket and turning up the bandwidth of instinct, intuition, concentration, attention. On the light ends, it's a power nap. On the strong ends, it's a giant battery, and that battery doesn't run out.
    Ben Foster
    American actor (1980 - )
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • John W. Gardner True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
    John W. Gardner
    American Educator, Social Activist (1912 - 2002)
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  • Milan Kundera True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Jules Renard Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Sri Anandamayi Ma Try to treat with equal love all the people with whom you have relations. Thus the abyss between 'myself' and 'yourself' will be filled in, which is the goal of all religious worship.
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  • Beilby Porteus Twas not enough By subtle fraud to snatch a single life; Puny impiety! whole kingdoms fell To sate the lust of power: more horrid still, The foulest stain and scandal of our nature, Became its boast. One murder made a villain; Millions a hero.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to safeguard bad work.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Oprah Winfrey Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • William Pitt Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
    William Pitt
    British statesman (1759 - 1806)
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  • Nicholson Baker Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.
    Nicholson Baker
    American novelist and essayist (1957 - )
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  • Elbert Hubbard Victory; a matter of staying power.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Bill Frist Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Benjamin Haydon We are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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