#power

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

#activity #affection #any #appropriate #blessedness

I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#inspirational #life #music #power #spiritual

You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#child #day #feel #may #one day

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work." (Claiming an Education, 1977) ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#empowerment #feminism #independent-thought #responsibility #self-determination

I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#balance #balance of power #believe #centuries #century

There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers. ↗

— Ricardo Lagos

#country #government #no reason #powers #problems

God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds. ↗

— Garrett Fort

#evil #god #great #knows #lunatic

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#silence #ultimate #weapon

I've just taught thousands of people over the radio in the USA how to mend broken watches and broken house appliances. I am a catalyst or trigger to access these powers. ↗

— Uri Geller

#am #appliances #broken #catalyst #house

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun. ↗

— Jean Genet

#end #gun #image #may #power