Alive Quote by Pema Chodron

The naked pursuit of power without responsibility often leads to the loss of power and responsibility.

— Tatalo Alamu

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Events of resistance have the power not only to escape control but also to create a new world.

— Michael Hardt

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

— Mother Maribel

The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.

— Immanuel Kant

It is a hard but good law of fate, that as every evil, so every excessive power, wears itself out.

— Johann Gottfried Herder

“Any noble cause will encounter its share of setbacks. The strength of that cause is measured in how the men who fight for it…

— D.B. Jackson

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.

— Sylvia Earle

Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances.

— Daisaku Ikeda

It takes power to stand up and to choose what experiences we allow to take root or to even come into our lives.

— Anonymous

Power without abuse loses its charm.

— Paul Valery

Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling--it's about choosing.

— Penney Peirce