Exert Quotes

151 quotes by 126 authors

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. — Richard Perle
It is possible to exert a power over all things, all beings. But we must begin with intent always. — Frederick Lenz
Happiness is found principally in meditation. Let your mind flow out into eternity. You have to exert some effort. Then you will notice a subtle… — Frederick Lenz
I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and… — Mary Anne Radmacher
USE this time of fresh beginnings. Use it as an impetus, the force or energy toward change. Become stronger, a better leader, more focused in… — Mary Anne Radmacher
Health education emphasizing risks is a form of pedagogy, which, like other forms, serves to legitimize ideologies and social practices. Risk discourse in the public… — Deborah Lupton
We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science that… — Idries Shah
All real success springs from that inward might which we exert upon society. — Alexander Crummell
In order to exert influence over people, there were other things that could be used besides love. Knowledge seemed to be an equally strong force,… — Peter Prange
The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the… — William James
Are you conscious of the restful influence which the stars exert? To me they are the most soothing things in Nature. I am proud to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good. — Rufus Choate
The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together, they could exert… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When one is serving his master, he should exert himself. — Takeda Nobushige
The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles. — Charles Horton Cooley
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. — George Eliot
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than… — Samuel Johnson
Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid. — Dean Koontz
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must… — Vince Lombardi
You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become… — Eleanor Roosevelt

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