"Power is generally defined as control over resources and control over access to resources, which often means control over other people because we're thinking about things like financial resources or shelter, or even love and affection, but we also possess resources that we sometimes can't access."

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Amy Cuddy

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“A pair of hands clasped in earnest prayer is the best means we have this side of heaven to hang onto Jesus for dear life.”
“If there is one thing Iâ€™ve learned in my years on this planet, itâ€™s that the happiest and most fulfilled people Iâ€™ve known are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self interest.”
“I once read about a meeting of economists who agreed that if their forecasts were 33 1/3 % correct, that was considered a high mark in their profession. Well, of course, I know you cannot invest in securities successfully with odds like that against you if you place dependence solely upon judgement as to the right securities to own and the right time or price to buy them. Then, too, I read somewhere about the man who described an economist as resembling â€˜a professor of anatomy who was still a virgin.â€™”
“Nowhere in Scripture do I read where we are to discuss hospice care with seniors so they're willing to get out of the way and let younger folks live more expediently.”
“Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these annoying, holier-than-thou bits dangling like an appendix waiting for infection. Faith and hope and love...prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude...all this useless clutter just packed too much damn morality into the heart, getting in the way of the soul's innate desire for malignancy.”

Source : J.R. Ward (2009). “Covet: A Novel of the Fallen Angels”, p.17, Penguin
“If you question anything enough, you'll begin to doubt it.”
“Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.”
“Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.”

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