“Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.”
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British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a… 1916–1990Related quotes
“Nearly unlimited supernatural power, and all you do is use it to watch reruns. What a waste.”
Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments
Jace to Magnus, pg. 136
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Ibukun Awosika (1962) Nigerian business magnate
Source: https://globalleadership.org/articles/leading-yourself/gls21-notes-only-you-can-choose/?locale=en In her talk at Global Leadership Summit, 2021.
Jodi Picoult book The Storyteller
The Story Teller ISBN: 978-1-4767-2783-7 (2013)
Source: The Storyteller
“When yu’ can’t have what you choose, yu’ just choose what you have.”
Owen Wister book The Virginian
The Virginian (1902), chapter 13, p. 149.
“Symbols have the unfortunate power to acquire the importance of what they symbolise.”
A. C. Grayling (1949) English philosopher
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 4, “Symbols” (p. 19)
“I do not choose to choose what I choose.”
Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist
Source: 2010s, Free Will (2012), p. 39
Edwin H. Land (1909–1991) American scientist and inventor
As quoted in "The Vindication of Edwin Land" in Forbes magazine, Vol. 139 (4 May 1987) p. 83; this was later humorously altered:
Context: My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.