There is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.

The same power that rose Christ from the dead, is living inside of you.

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

Esteem to your higher self.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.

The higher you soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

You cannot possibly have a broader basis for any government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

...the individual ceases to be himself; he adopts entirely the kind of personality offered to him by cultural patterns; and he therefore becomes exactly as all others are and as they expect him to be...The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.

My strength is made perfect in weakness.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

True strength lies in gentleness.