I shall make it my chief ...

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.
I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.
 Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Quotes from the same author

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.
 Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.
 Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau