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Power

«Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.»
«Power without abuse loses its charm»
Author: Paul Valery (Critic, Essayist, Poet) | About: Power | Keywords: abuse
«Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.»
«Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.»
«Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages»
«Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government and I will lead it as party of government.»
«Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.»
«Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.»
«That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.»
«Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.»