"Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power."

Shaw, George Bernard | Power | 4 bookmarks

"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."

Chan, Jackie | Circumstance | 5 bookmarks

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Bores and Boredom | 3 bookmarks

"I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it"

Buscaglia, Leo | Destiny | 1 bookmarks

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard | Change | 83 bookmarks

"Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you."

Fitzsimmons, Cotton | Circumstance | 1 bookmarks

"Although there is a great deal of controversy among scientists about the effects of ingested food on the brain, no one denies that you can change your cognition and mood by what you eat."

Winter, Arthur | Food and Eating | 1 bookmarks

"What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut."

Twain, Mark | Consistency | 2 bookmarks

"No matter what you believe, it doesn't change the facts."

Kersha, Al | Truth | 1 bookmarks

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."

Churchill, Winston | Fanatics and Fanaticism | 18 bookmarks