true power stemmed not from physical strength but from…

As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their…

— Robert Reich

All power is the same. Magic. Physical strength. Economic strength. Political strength. It all serves a single purpose-it gives its possessor a broader spectrum…

— Jim Butcher

In Syria, a progressive foreign policy would have shown military restraint while pumping up our ability to gain political leverage over Syria's benefactors and…

— Chris Murphy

I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.

— Ariel Sharon

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is…

— George F. Kennan

“Parental efforts to gain leverage generally take two forms: bribery or coercion. If a simple direction such as “I'd like you to set the…

— Gabor Maté

“The most amazing part,” Katherine said, “is that as soon as we humans begin to harness our true power, we will have enormous control…

— Dan Brown

When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more about technique than physical strength.

— Kuno Becker

“Knowledge is true strength. Understanding is true might. Wisdom is true power.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Once you pass a certain age, life becomes nothing more than a process of continual loss. Things that are important to your life begin…

— Haruki Murakami

“Distinctively gentle he was, and trustworthy, and of special courtesy. His great physical strength was never used in combat, men remembered, except when needed…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“He found himself grinning at her. His nervousness had disappeared, and suddenly he had a sense of his own size, his physical strength, his…

— Howard Fast

“Because human beings lived then in a world in which physical strength was the most important attribute for survival; the physically stronger person was…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male…

— G. Stanley Hall