It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others. — Han Fei Copy Share Image
Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think (also, What luck for rulers that men do not think). — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue. — Confucius Copy Share Image
If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we… — Plato Copy Share Image
Put a lot of paint & a wooden ball or other object on a board. Push to the other end of the… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
They tried to make me go to Catholic school, too. I lasted a very short time. When the penguin came after me… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
The rulers of the earth are all worth knowing; they suggest moral reflections: and the respect that one naturally has for God's… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
A Christian can believe that God 'ordained' the 'powers that be' - including political rulers and slaveholders - for purposes too deep… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied… — John Adams Copy Share Image
My kids look actually happy. And I learned early on that perfectionism and parenthood is a toxic combination for everybody involved. In… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts the centuries.… — Fritz Haber Copy Share Image
All laws that are proper and correct, and all obligations entered into which are not violative of the constitution should be kept… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering that those… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The predominant teachings of this age are that there are no limits to man's capacity to govern others and that, therefore, no… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Men will see in their king or in their rulers men like themselves perhaps unworthy or open to criticism, but they will… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
