Quotes About Individual

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits almost without resistance to the domineering power.

The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.

The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on the strength of their own thought.

One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government...is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.

The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.

The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence.

It is in the nature of a group and its power to turn against independence, the property of individual strength.

I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the moment they disperse.

The concept of "mental health" in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.

I think, in my life and in my experience, teens have stress, and everybody's stress is unique, and everybody's frame of reference is different

When I interview people, I look at their values. I always say that the best chance of success is if the individual's values are aligned with the corporate values.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

The truest success is but the development of self.

Both individual skill (art) and chance are important factors in determining success or failure.

We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up and the rules we choose to write as a society don't matter at all.

The precise form of an individual's activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity.

I don't attribute an actor's great success to their own individual performance when it's something as collaborative as a movie.

In the end, success is not about who you know, it's about you know who.

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.

The truly creative individual stands ready to abandon old habits and to acknowledge that life, particularly his own unique life, is rich with possibilities.