Accomplishment Quote by Robert Payne Download Open image “Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside.” — Robert Payne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accomplishment Corruption Permit Success
“You know, when you see something from the inside, you see all the corruption.” — Jeffrey Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Fighting corruption will only be effective when we attack its real cause: the materialism that distorts our virtues.” — Victor Bello Accioly Copy Share Image
I'm a Nietzschean about human nature. The bulk of humanity is exhausted and superfluous, miscreant, confused, latently criminal, opportunistic. I rely on that. That's… — Cody Wilson Copy Share Image
Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche, “He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“When the corruption seems to go all the way to the end of the world, the only good approach is through the front door… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche’s observation, “He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” — Erwin Raphael McManus Copy Share Image
It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Wherever there is abuse there is also corruption. Politics, philosophy, theology, science, industry, any field with the potential to affect the well-being of others… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The men of the period of corruption are witty and calumnious; they know that there are yet other ways of murdering than by the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The game of power is played remorselessly by men who have not the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, the way ordinary people live,… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages the king offered protection to his subjects in return for their loyalty, and the subjects were doubly protected, for the… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it. — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power.… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government. — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power. — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
The second corruption of the state is oligarchy (oligos = few), in which the military elite is narrowed down to a few ruling families… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
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Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and… — Guy Murchie Copy Share Image
One of the most important rules for success is this: Every great success is the result of hundreds and thousands of small efforts and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take… — Mike Aquilina Copy Share Image
I'm not always right, but I learn from my mistakes and make it a productive experience — Carson Kolhoff Copy Share Image
Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow and untouched… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Research is the live heart of the scientific life ... Greatness of position, respect for past accomplishments, the Nobel Prize itself -- none of… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
I expected college to feel like a major accomplishment. I walked across the stage, eight months pregnant with my almost seven-year-old daughter watching in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
