George Davis Herron Quotes
The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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Doing the right thing has power.
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Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.
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We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us.
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I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.
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I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.
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As a self-published author, you have the choice. Embrace the power to create a book that is truly yours. Don't be a whiner or a copycat.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.
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My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.
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Without unleashing the power of life-destroying missiles or forcing obedience to a particular law, rainbows dissolve preoccupation with the predictably ordinary and encourage belief in the extra-ordinary. Such belief, such inspiration, provides much more than passive hopefulness.
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One grand fallacy of the women's movement: Expecting work to mean 'power' and 'self-fulfillment.'
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With us air people, the future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power.
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A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good.
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I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.
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The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.
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The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
