Quotes of: Abuse-of-power Keyword

Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves." "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you menti...

Jane Austen

The traumatic stress field has adopted the term “Complex Trauma” to describe the experience of multiple and/or chronic and prolonged, developmentally adverse traumatic events, most often of an interpersonal nature (e.g., sexual or physical abuse,...

Bessel A. van der Kolk

The Complexities Of Life Caused By Bad Government Administration, Leadership, Parental Abuse And Mistakes Can Make A Child More Matured Than Their Age. It Happened To Me And It Is Still Happening To So Many Children World Wide. Most Especially, In Af...

Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo

Removing toxicity from your life is essential to maintaining a peaceful state of mind and an overall quality of health. This purging can and should include any detrimental habits, including negative, controlling, and abusive people. Once you start li...

Gary Hopkins

[Explaining the facts of life to his son] Ben Hood: On the self-abuse front - and this is important - I don't think it's advisable to do it in the shower. It wastes water and electricity and because we all expect you to be doing it there in any case....

The Ice Storm

Angie Gennaro: We have a good life, right? Patrick Kenzie: Is that a trick question? Angie Gennaro: I don't wanna find their little kid in a dumpster. Patrick Kenzie: Maybe she's not in a dumpster, babe. Angie Gennaro: I don't wanna find a little kid...

Gone Baby Gone

Travis Bickle: June twenty-ninth. I gotta get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Too much abuse has gone on for too long. From now on there will be 50 pushups each morning, 50 pullups. There will be no more pills, no more bad food, no mor...

Taxi Driver

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

Faye Wattleton

This discovery convinced me of the power of crystallography and led me to continue in this field.

Robert Huber

Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.

Sylvia Earle

Power is Power," Bryan says."People want anything they think will give them an edge.

Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water: One Woman's Journey to Experience Christianity Around the Globe

We all want to feel like the most beautiful girl in the room, to be chosen and loved forever. The Cinderella story gives us hope of our impossible dreams becoming true.

The Cinderella Story: The Power of Shoes

Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, everyone births things into reality.

Chakra Awakening: Transform Your Reality Using Crystals, Color, Aromatherapy & the Power of Positive Thought

Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.

Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World

Great power requires great character if it is to be a blessing and not a curse, and that character is something we only grow toward.

The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage." ~Samuel Johnson

Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go & Moving on

Mother Earth allows us to live and to walk on her surface, not the other way around.

Dragonflame: Tap Into Your Reservoir of Power Using Talismans, Manifestation, and Visualization

If the goal is what you want to achieve, then the purpose is why you want to achieve it. Without purpose, reaching your goal will have little or no meaning.

Dragonflame: Tap Into Your Reservoir of Power Using Talismans, Manifestation, and Visualization

To the memory of Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, El Greco, and many others who came before me as well as those who will come after. We are one. Thank you.

Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

Always remember: Power in the wrong hands can destroy the owner. The same power that gave victory to Samson is what destroyed him.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire peo...

Essays on Freedom and Power