"There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism." ― Jesse Jackson Topic(s): Power More From Jesse Jackson "Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville." "Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters." "Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They’re free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press." More In Power "Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants."― Barack Obama "What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."― Alexander Graham Bell "Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks."― Anthony Trollope