Exert Quotes

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Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power. — Horace Mann
Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this… — George Washington
Adding more people causes problems. But people are also the means to solve these problems. The main fuel to speed the worldâ€™s progress is our… — Julian Simon
Whatever other children learn in a year, let BahÃ¡â€™Ã children learn in a month. The heart of â€˜Abduâ€™l-BahÃ¡ longeth, in its love, to find that… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed. — Mignon McLaughlin
While I've found many of the religious shows I've viewed over the years not to be to my liking, or in line with my own… — Bill Hicks
There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow… — Joan Kirner
The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all… — Zach Wamp
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption… — Samuel Johnson
The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions… — Seth Godin
Pain warns us not to exert our limbs to the point of breaking them. How much knowledge would we not need to recognize this by… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
As long as we cling to the superstition that we must look to government for money supply, instead of requiring it to look to us,… — E.C. Riegel
Almost all of the stories in The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan are told in the first person, yet, depending on the angle… — Yiyun Li
Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or… — Oliver DeMille
I want to reassert again the position of the United States that with regards to Iran, we will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear… — Leon Panetta
PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it. — Ambrose Bierce
Whatever power I exert is collegial. — Katharine Graham
If he [the Artist] were to take up the pen it would be...to better express his individuality and explain it to others; or else to… — Witold Gombrowicz
Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role. — Kim Campbell
Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than… — Plutarch

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