Power And Control Quotes - Page 2

• Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Positive, Leadership, Knowledge

  Alfred Lord Tennyson, “Œnone”

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• When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

  Audre Lorde

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

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• If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Peace, Temptation

  Norman Vincent Peale (2016). “Reaching Your Potential”, p.76, Jaico Publishing House

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  There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Forbidden Love, Temptation

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1859). “The complete poetical works of John Milton: together with a life of the author”

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• Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Truth, Freedom

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.37

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• The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.

  Carroll Quigley

  Country, Fashion, Agreement

  Carroll Quigley (1966). “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time”, G S G & Associates Pub

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• We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.

  Augustus William Hare

  Motivational, Real, Fall

  Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.180

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• Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.

  Antonio Porchia

  Motivational, Mean, Doe

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• An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys.

  Vida Dutton Scudder

  Motivational, Joy, Self Control

  Vida Dutton Scudder (1939). “The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual”

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• Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

  Robert Orben

  Motivational, Life And Love, People

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• Self-respect is the root of discipline

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Self, Roots, Discipline

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• All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Men, Broken

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.

  Antonio Porchia

  Motivational, Masters, Will Power

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Expectations, Temptation, Able

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.679, 谷月社

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• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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• As long as I have you there is just one other thing I'll always need - tremendous self control.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Life, Motivational, Wisdom

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• There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object.

  Charlotte Dacre

  Motivational, Temptation, Mind

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• Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Motivational, Drinking, Beer

  The Devil's Dictionary

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• I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

  Mae West

  Motivational, Tattoo, Sexy

  My Little Chickadee (motion picture) (1940) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Wilde 25; Wilde 53

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• Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

  William Wordsworth

  Power, Getting High, Waste

  "TheWorld Is Too Much with Us" l. 1 (1807)

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• Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.

  Augustus William Hare

  Motivational, Self Control, Might

  Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”

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  We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Men, Democracies Have

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• Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead. Many Christian empire-builders have been people unable to give and receive love.

  Henri Nouwen

  Christian, Intimate Relationships, People

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