Govern
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife
Author: Thomas FullerTopics: Absolute, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Govern, Life, Meaningful
Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other
Author: Thomas FullerTopics: Famous, Feelings, Govern, Life, Meaningful, Read, Thoughts, Whole
If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?
Author: James MadisonTopics: Capable, Famous, Fit, Govern, Man, Meaningful
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Famous, Forever, Govern, Ignorance, Knowledge, Meaningful, People, Power
Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world; here too is the design and end of government, viz. Freedom and security
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Designs, Famous, Feelings, Freedom, Govern, Government, Inability, Meaningful, Moral, Necessary, Origin, Rendered, Security
When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for the honor and happiness of its character, I become irritated at the attempt to govern mankind by force and fraud, as if they were all knaves and fools, and can scarcely avoid disgust at those who are thus imposed upon
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Blunt, Character, Contemplate, Dignity, Famous, Feel, Feelings, Force, Fraud, Govern, Happiness, Imposed, Irritated, Mankind, Meaningful, Natural, Scarcely
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Accountability, Authority, Existing, Famous, Govern, Leave, Life, Meaningful, People, Responsible, Transparency
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Best, Discipline, Empowerment, Famous, Feelings, Freedom, Govern, Government, Inspirational, Meaningful, People, Positive
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Ambition, Famous, Feelings, Govern, Leadership, Meaningful, Menkind, Office, Painful, Painful duty, Public Service, Sacrifice, Thankless
He that is to govern a whole Nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Man-kind;
Author: Thomas HobbesTopics: Famous, Feelings, Govern, Humanity, Inspirational, Leadership, Life, Man kind, Meaningful, Particular, Perspective, Positive, Whole Nation
Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex
Author: Frank ZappaTopics: Complements, Completed, Completely, Division, Govern, Government, Pure, Pure entertainment, Purest
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Ancient, Compass, Famous, Govern, Life, Loss, Meaningful, Moment, Opinions, Rules, Rules to live by, Steer
Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Courage, despots, eradicate, Famous, Fears, Gang, Generates, God, Govern, Helvetius, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Mind, Nothing, Terror, voltaire
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Author: Golda MeirTopics: Clock, Famous, Govern, Governed, Inspirational, Time
Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.
Author: PlutarchTopics: Alexander, Enemies, Famous, Govern, Meaningful
Nature is a totally efficient, self-regenerati ng system. IF we discover the laws that govern this system and live synergistically within them, sustainability will follow and humankind will be a success.
Author: R. Buckminster FullerTopics: Discover, Efficient, Famous, Govern, Humankind, Nature, Success, Sustainability, Synergistically
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
Author: Michel de MontaigneTopics: Able, Famous, Govern, Meaningful