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  • Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Strong Quotes , Power Quotes
  • A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Memories Quotes , Power Quotes
  • An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Jane Austen Quotes , Power Quotes , Done Quotes
  • My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Power Quotes , Comfort Quotes