Quotes of: Abuse-of-power Keyword

But Alfanhui didn't want to abuse the rosemary, because one shouldn't tell a lot in one day, since the stories lose their strength.

The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui

Mr. Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf.

Adam Bede

The punishment approach and bad consequences approach to treatment is the kind of thinking that is prevalent in every residential substance abuse treatment center in the United States of which I'm aware.

The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure

Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.

I Made My Boy Out of Poetry

All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.

Jaina Sutra: Acharanga and Kalpa Sutra

Some people have abusive, negative, controlling tendencies in their blood; they are wired for havoc, bickering and deception.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Being overly critical of yourself is like having a relentless, inescapable bully who follows you everywhere you go and abuses you.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Quit pretending to be humble when you are really just a self-abusing, emotional, drama junkie.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Too many abused beers have suffered in the name of networking. Let us find a better way to mix torture and business.

#Networking is people looking for people looking for people

True forgiveness for me has been and is a progression of faltering baby steps through a storm of flying debris.

Letting Go into Perfect Love: Discovering the Extraordinary After Abuse

As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.

Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness

Prosperity and democracy does seem to be a good way to wean a population off massive alcohol abuse.

The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation

When I took my clothes off in , I wanted to convey the brutality of sex abuse. I wanted to look like a quartered cow hanging in a butcher shop as well as disturbingly appealing.

Some of Me

The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes. It is equivalent to a sense of abusing the present.

Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

When you truly love yourself, you do not accept abusive relationships, because you know you deserve better.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

The 3D thing has been abused slightly, I think. There is no question about that. 'Avatar' did it magnificently, and then, of course, there was the old 'leaping on the bandwagon' thing where there have been one or two films which, let's face it, all k...

Martin Campbell

The purpose of random testing is not to catch, punish, or expose students who use drugs, but to save their lives and discover abuse problems early so that students can grow up and learn in a drug-free environment.

John Walters

Studies conducted in a city in Zimbabwe found that half of reported rape cases involve girls less than 15 years of age and that girls are most vulnerable to sexual abuse by male relatives, neighbors and school teachers.

Njovana Watts