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Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. - William James

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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William James
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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. – William James

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People who are powerless make an open theater of violence. – Don DeLillo

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The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. – Aneurin Bevan

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The only power you have is the word no. – Frances McDormand

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The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully. – Charles Evans Hughes

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