“The obstinacy on which power is based is never so fragile as in the moment of its triumph.”— Italo Calvino Related Quotes “Don’t let your will roar when your power only whispers.”– Thomas Fuller “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”– Christopher Reeve “We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.”— Mark Lawrence