Own Powers Quotes

40 quotes by 34 authors

A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like the scent of… — C.S. Lewis
Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for… — William Graham Sumner
I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life in… — John Dewey
Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may… — Wallace D. Wattles
Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers. — Maxim Gorky
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions.… — Mother Teresa
In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted… — Rollo May
Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his own way, by… — Katherine Anne Porter
I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out… — Alexander Alekhine
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… — Alexander Hamilton
Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books, as a race… — Samuel Johnson
Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling manâ€™s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it… — Ludwig Feuerbach
Faith in your own powers and confidence in your individual methods are essential to success. — Roderick E. Stevens
The spiritual power in the gospel is denied when we augment or adjusting gospel into no gospel at all. When we doubt the message alone… — Matt Chandler
In my opinion instruction is very purposeless for such individuals who do no want merely to collect a mass of knowledge, but are mainly interested… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of… — Nikola Tesla
God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a man cannot be… — Martin Luther
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. — Mother Teresa
The public must be put in its place, so that it may exercise its own powers, but no less and perhaps even more, so that… — Walter Lippmann
While serving others, we are most likely to plead for the companionship of the Holy Ghost. Success in the Lordâ€™s service always produces miracles beyond… — Henry B. Eyring

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