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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, read more
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.
Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.
Power is neither male nor female.
Power is neither male nor female.
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things read more
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the read more
Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the world.
