Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception
I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.
On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it.
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.
Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power.
Complete strangers can stand silent next to each other in an elevator and not even look each other in the eye. But at a concert, those same strangers could find themselves dancing and singing together like best friends. That's the power of music.
Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.
Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
He who fears alcohol MUST also fear ANGER, for anger is more powerful and dangerous than the alcohol.
Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act
Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
Most of my girlfriends are sent by the Devil and seem genuinely bemused when I do not succumb to their powers.
A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.
It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!
I cannot tell you how many people, powerful people, come to my studio and they are in tears they are so moved by what they see.
I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be very powerful.
Your power to choose can never be taken from you. It can be neglected and it can be ignored. But if used, it can make all the difference.
Power is like a knife. It can be used to cut bread to share with your neighbor or stab you in the back.
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
