#power

Order is power. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#power

Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#direction #doubt #element #great #her

I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#i #invisibility #just #like #looked

If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people. ↗

— Robert Caro

#cost #effect #effects #good #how

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do. ↗

— Robert Caro

#enough #guy #power #see #then

We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours? ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#battles #been #black #champions #class

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#instinct #own #power #underestimate #you

The greatest power is often simple patience. ↗

— E. Joseph Cossman

#greatest #often #patience #simple

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

#economic #economic strength #foundation #power #productive

It's great being your own boss, but then, you know, you make your own mistakes, you know, and you own them. You know, so it's empowering, and it's also humbling along the way. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#also #being #boss #empowering #great