Powerful Quotes

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I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the… — Michelle Rodriguez
It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking… — C.S. Lewis
Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows… — Gary Bauer
I think you just have to turn it around and say we are at this absolute historical moment. No generation has ever been as powerful… — Franny Armstrong
I want to write about the great and powerful thing that listening is. And how we forget it. And how we don't listen to our… — Brenda Ueland
Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives… — Stephen Covey
Powerful people do not have good listening skills. They hate to listen. They succeed by getting good at faking it ... If you're an extrovert,… — Penelope Trunk
The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount role assigned to… — Ludwig von Mises
What counts is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has been a powerful engine for economic growth...The Soviet model… — Paul Samuelson
In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility… — Hector Berlioz
When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful. — Dwight L. Moody
Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual,… — Donna Karan
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla
It has been demonstrated that a species of penicillium produces in culture a very powerful antibacterial substance which affects different bacteria in different degrees. Generally… — Alexander Fleming
When the filter is weakened by a powerful drug, what we see is not delusion but the truth. — William Peter Blatty
Let the storm rage and the sky darken â€” not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we… — Pope Pius X
The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sinâ€¦If you desire peace in your hearts, in… — Pope Pius XI
Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world. — Stephen Covey

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