I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror. Charlie Chaplin
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. Plutarch
Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him. Bertrand Russell
The woman who gives is seldom good; the woman who accepts is in the power of the giver. Italian Proverb
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so. Biblical Proverb