Captivating Quote by William Hazlitt

It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity,…

— Samuel Johnson

“Being filled with the power of the Spirit begins with an honest acknowledgment of our own weakness.”

— Kyle Idleman

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

“But the nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upo them, tend to…

— Aldous Huxley

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. A man should…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.

— Shakti Gawain

“Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate…

— Sándor Márai

“You sap our self-confidence until we exist merely to court your approval (...) You keep us perpetually off balance, unpleasantly aware of our inferiority,…

— Han Suyin

Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to…

— Jane Porter

“There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person pre-determined to dislike, acknowledge one's superiority.”

— Jane Austen

“That's how it works: someone important believes in us, loudly and with conviction and against all substantiation, and over time, we begin to believe,…

— Kelly Corrigan

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he…

— Michel de Montaigne