#power

Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#approach #capacity #challenge #engaging #error

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#child #parents #power #steering #supplies

Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden. ↗

— John Spratt

#america #band #burden #commitments #country

Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear. ↗

— Nick Stahl

#good #had #hope #i #i think

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#become #cannot #close #exercise #governments

I have a trainer that I box with. Luckily, on ER, they'll tell me if I have a shirtless scene coming up and I'll have a few weeks to power it out. ↗

— John Stamos

#coming #few #i #luckily #me

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

#after #first #happiness #love #source

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God. ↗

— Saint Stephen

#compassion #desire #exceeds #god #humble

It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#career #elements #facing #funny #go

'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#breeze #continues #feel #gust #hearts