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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.
Power
Henri Frederic Amiel

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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
Vision
William Blake

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We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
Humor
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Fear
Edmund Burke

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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Resistance
Wayne Dyer

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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff.
Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Patience
Epictetus

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Income tax time is when you test your powers of deduction.
Taxes and Taxation
Shelby Friedman

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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers.
Purpose
Erich Fromm

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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
Passion
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
Desire
Napoleon Hill

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True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope.
Happiness
John F. Kennedy

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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
Revenge
John Milton

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Premature development of the powers of both mind and body leads to an early grave.
Talent
John Quinton

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What we can do for another is the test of powers. What we can suffer for is the test of love.
Service
Bishop Westcott

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun