Exerting Quotes

29 quotes by 27 authors

Even bigger machines, entailing even bigger concentrations of economic power and exerting ever greater violence against the environment, do not represent progress: they are a… — E F Schumacher
These people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them.… — David Emerald Womeldorff
The world is full of resonances. It constitutes a cosmos of things exerting a spiritual action. The dead matter is a living spirit. — Wassily Kandinsky
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last… — Herodotus
If the foundation of a well-ordered society is a healthy, happy home, then the problem of lawlessness will not be solved by more laws or… — J. Spencer Kinard
We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for. — William Carey
Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a certain… — John Angell James
I think most of my approach to life has been like that, to find order in chaos, to be in the middle of a bunch… — RZA
Some people can never learn to ski powder snow without exerting tremendous effort and strength because they allow their rational, left-brain hemisphere to control the… — Dolores LaChapelle
Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts. Praised be God, ye… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in a fog, and… — Haruki Murakami
Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep,… — Charles Grandison Finney
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
We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control… — Wilson Greatbatch
We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when… — Randy Pausch
Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life — Haruki Murakami
Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed… — Robert Sheaffer
Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in their… — Marcus Aurelius
I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much. — Janeane Garofalo

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