Merit Quote by Mason Cooley

Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have.

— Carl von Clausewitz

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

— John W. Gardner

Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.

— Tacitus

Politicians - power itself - are abject because they merely embody the profound contempt people have for their own lives. One should be grateful…

— Jean Baudrillard

Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.

— Jane Austen

Superior strength is a sword that manifests one's will.

— Hiroyuki Takei

The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful.

— Elizabeth Janeway

Deciding to not attach ourselves to something that doesn't appropriately represent us is extremely powerful.

— Omari Hardwick

Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

I never say someone is powerful.

— Jimmy Iovine

“...maybe strength in the 21st century isn't about dominance....it's about the capacity to evoke....the ability to spark the enduring bonds of shared values, intrinsic…

— Umair Haque

Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.

— Adolf Galland