Exercised Quotes

201 quotes by 169 authors

Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living. — Elisabeth Elliot
According to the Gallup Poll, 24 percent of American adults exercised regularly in 1961, and 50 percent after 1968. The peak was 59 percent in… — Kenneth H. Cooper
That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects. — Aristotle
I almost fainted. There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised. — Rue McClanahan
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration ... — Seneca the Younger
A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner… — Andre Breton
I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government. — Esther Dyson
Relations of power "are indissociable from a discourse of truth, and they can neither be established nor function unless a true discourse is produced, accumulated,… — Michel Foucault
We should not be content to say that power has a need for such-and-such a discovery, such-and-such a form of knowledge, but we should add… — Michel Foucault
Where faith is not continually kept in motion and exercised, it weakens and decreases, so that it must indeed vanish; and yet we do not… — Martin Luther
You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language… — Ariel Dorfman
We'll be launching the new public prosecution service in Northern Ireland tomorrow. I'll be doing it in Belfast tomorrow. This is an entirely new era,… — Peter Hain
What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government… — Richard Mentor Johnson
O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, even our brothers, the animals, to whom Thou gavest the earth as… — Saint Basil
The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst… — Isaac D'Israeli
You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right,… — Christine Lagarde
But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and… — Earl Nightingale
Our strategic evolution has established Monsanto as the leading innovator in agricultural seeds and technology, .. The financial discipline we have exercised has also allowed… — Terry Crews
We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski

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