#powerful

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests. ↗

— Criss Jami

#conscious #control #controlled #effort #envy

Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world?" Nothing." Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. "This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#life

The Black Woman is amazingly strong, truly powerful, deeply visionary, has incredible worth and much love and goodness within that she is willing to share. She is to be honoured, yet must begin first to see and honour all of this (and much more) within and about herself. Let us see this more in who we truly are and live, when we do, we will attract more of the greatness that we absolutely deserve." Rebecca Gordon. ↗

— Rebecca Gordon

#honour #powerful-women #self-love #self-worth #value

You know how the Eclipse of the sun shows it? Christ's strength eclipses your powerlessness in God's likeness, and there is total darkness on your weakness. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#christ #cross-of-calvary #dark #darkness #eclipse

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned. ↗

— Eminem

#dealing #got #i #learned #one thing

Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us- by that God we both adore- Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore." Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#poetry-quotes

The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa. ↗

— John Abizaid

#asia #away #central #earth #east

Our nation is today a powerful nation. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#our #powerful #powerful nation #today

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel. ↗

— James Allen

#diverting #forces #into #powerful #process

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all. ↗

— Tori Amos

#another #another woman #believe #biggest #feel