“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”— Washington Irving, goodreads.com
“Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn’t enough for me. Can you understand that?”— Sidney Sheldon, amazon.com
“Surely we understand that real work among humans is done not in isolation but in collaboration?”— John Green, youtube.com
“Gotham's evil incarnate is a simplification of the problems that we face, and Batman is a simplification of us, of all of us, who do the good that makes the world work. In some peculiar way, we are all bat-people: not the heroes Earth needs, but the heroes Earth just happened to get.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“Gotham's criminals aren't a product of disenfranchisement and undervaluation by culture. "Some people", as Alfred tells Master Wayne, "just want to watch the world burn." So, Batman is a reflection of our anger and our ambition and our frustration that our powerlessness to fix that things that we se…”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“Individual people cannot have, and do not have, and should not have the power to change everything on their own, and when they try to do it, it always turns out bad,”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“On some level, people aren’t wielding power. Power is wielding people. Notable rapper and public intellectual, Lupe Fiasco, tweeted about it: ‘When man does harness power, can he only do so in the same tradition as those who have had it before him? And thus yield only the same results as those who h…”— John Green, youtube.com
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”— Abraham Lincoln, twitter.com
“One of the greatest lies ever told is that there’s no power in vulnerability.”— Dianna Hardy, amazon.com
“It’s never worth it. It’s never worth being the one who breaks first. It’s never worth being the one waiting. You’re stronger than that. You’re not the one who waits around, but the one who doesn’t even notice when he texted. You’re the one in control, the one who doesn’t need his vacuous responses…”— Lauren Martin, elitedaily.com
“We have given so much power to others over our own lives that we have forgotten the power that lies with each one of us.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.”— Alan W Watts, amazon.com
“A strong woman will always be a work in progress, full of surprises, full of power, full of beauty and full of love.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“They only succeed in stealing your voice if you give them permission by silencing yourself.”— Nikita Gill, yoursoulisariver.com
“Yes, tell your story. Be an example to others. tell everyone that it's possible, and then others will find the courage to climb their own mountains.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Don't keep repeating 'It's harder than I thought,' because that will sap your inner strength.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Sexual energy between two people is a primal force comprised of power (energy that moves toward another) and virtue (knowing the energy between the two is right).”— Alexandra Katehakis, amazon.com