Power

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be, stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

—Robert Henri

Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.

—Mignon McLaughlin

At the boy's level, hero worship gravitates toward the doer of spectacular deeds; on the average adult level, toward the wielder of power; and in the eyes of a more critical judgment, toward idealism and moral qualities.

—Dixon Wecter

My mind's my kingdom.

—Francis Quarles

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

—John Lehman

I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.

—David Letterman

I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.

—George W. Bush

You have to choose the life you want. You have to take action and realize that you create your own destiny by making choices and sticking to them.

—Robin Bielman in Wild About Her Wingman

They can conquer who believe they can.

—Virgil

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.

—H. L. Mencken

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

—Samuel Richardson

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

—Harry Golden

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life and I'm never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.

—Jennifer Elisabeth in Born Ready