Powerful Quotes

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When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. — Elwyn Brooks White
The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people.… — Franz Kafka
One thing he discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held for him more then just pleasure. There was meat to it.… — Charles Frazier
Hair on a man's chest is thought to denote strength. The gorilla is the most powerful of bipeds and has hair on every place on… — Anton Szandor LaVey
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what… — Paul Auster
Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. — John von Neumann
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. — Mother Teresa
How does fear become so powerful? We can’t see it. We can’t touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and begins to control… — Gena Showalter
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. — Paulo Coelho
The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how… — Bill Hicks
Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with… — Timothy Keller
When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day… — Paulo Coelho
A religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods in men by formulating conceptions of a general order… — Clifford D. Simak
The urge to transform one's appearance, to dance outdoors, to mock the powerful and embrace perfect strangers is not easy to suppress." --Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for… — Octavia Butler
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's… — John F. Kennedy
If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’. — David Mitchell
Leap out the window, my inner Tigress cried. You aren't ready to face such a powerful Tiger. I frowned. I thought a true Tigress never… — Gena Showalter
In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion. — Eduardo Galeano
When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth. — Marilynne Robinson
A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined. — C.S. Lewis
Ah, you've come over the water. Powerful wet stuff, ain't it? — C.S. Lewis
Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful. — Fatema Mernissi

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