Concessions Quote by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Download Open image “Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.” — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Concessions Effects Grace Peace Power Superiors
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“The power of giving is so strong that the excitement and the good feelings are often greater for the giver than for the receiver.… — Jen Sincero Copy Share Image
The law demands good works and uses its terror--rejection, shame, fear of punishment, unanswered prayer, personal tragedy, etc.--as motivation. Here performance is a necessity… — Richard Jordan Copy Share Image
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but a mind… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Сrown. It may be frail - its roof may… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
The little I know of it has not served to raise my opinion of what is vulgarly called the Monied Interest; I mean, that… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
I know that I can save this country and that no one else can. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It is not a process of bargaining or give-and-take. The peace process is not about giving concessions. We will not allow any step which… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
We need only think of the number of talented men who sooner or later make their apologies and concessions to philistinism, so as to… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The division of the spoils between the victors will also provide employment for a powerful office, whose doorsteps the greedy adventurers and jealous concession… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
If we are to reach a situation of true peace, real peace, peace for generations, we will have to make painful concessions. Not in… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract political concessions. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
When dealing with Canadians, it is advantageous to seem to be negotiating from a position of weakness, for when faced with an abject opponent,… — 1st Baron St Helens Alleyne FitzHerbert Copy Share Image
I believe that I am more conservative than George W. Bush. However, it is important to note that he has had to govern, which… — Jeff Gannon Copy Share Image
Capitalism is chronically unstable.Boom and bust has always marked capitalism in the United States. There were panics in 1785, 1791, 1819, 1857, 1869, 1873,… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image