Quotes having the keyword Exert
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.
by William Ellery Channing (Writer, American , born in 1780) keywords: abroad, being, carry, conscience, duties, every, exert, his, human, influence, own, peculiarly, perform, teach, which, within , work Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.
by Emile M. Cioran (Philosopher, Romanian , born in 1911) keywords: acquired, adapt, exert, first, freedom, fruitful, habit, imprison, long, mind, needs, negation, negative, once, only, our, ourselves, overcome, us , yet The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.
by Charles Horton Cooley (Sociologist, American , born in 1866) keywords: assert, exert, fields, itself, life, likely, more, need, open, power, thwarted , trifles Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.
by Angelina Grimke (Activist, American , born in 1805) keywords: amid, christian, demoralizing, die, exert, exerted, faithful, flame, holy, indignation, influence, moral, much, north, only, over, rebuke, slavery, south , would 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 by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
by Samuel Johnson (Author, English , born in 1709) keywords: cannot, doing, exert, giving, good, idle, industry, keep, luxury, make, money, more, nay, poor, spend, spending, than, them, whereas , without Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.
by Dean Koontz (Author, American , born in 1945) keywords: always, beings, exert, god-given, human, relied, right, stupid, their, upon , vigor For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in a similar manner to the structural factor, exert some influence upon the brightness of the interference points but not upon their location.
by Max von Laue (Scientist, German , born in 1879) keywords: arise, both, brightness, exert, factor, factors, influence, interference, location, manner, motion, owing, points, reasons, similar, some, structural, their, thermal, together, upon, various, wavelengths, which , working 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 walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
by Vince Lombardi (Coach, American , born in 1913) keywords: between, close, consent, control, does, exert, gap, group, himself, leader, longer, must, never, tightrope, walk , win There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.
by Ivor Novello (Musician, Welsh , born in 1893) keywords: atmosphere, charming, determined, each, enjoy, entertainment, exert, fact, few, good, holiday, hours, influence, mind, music, picture, relaxation, speaks, surroundings, theatre , visitor Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
by Richard Perle (Public Servant, American , born in 1941) keywords: because, control, dictatorships, enemies, exert, external, internal, need, over, own, start, their , wars 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 yourself.
by Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, American , born in 1884) keywords: anyone, become, child, else, even, exert, influence, life, live, never, own, really, through, your , yourself My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?
by Clara Schumann (Musician, German , born in 1819) keywords: better, calling, each, end, exert, give, health, his, less, life, may, myself, person , preserved The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.
by John Thorn (Historian, American , born in 1947) keywords: attempt, born, capital, control, exert, following, labor, league, national, over , year The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure.
by William Vickrey (Educator, Canadian , born in 1914) keywords: costs, effect, enter, exert, high, inflationary, interest, into, likely, monetary, perverse, policy, pressure, rates, restrictive , thus 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 the influence we can possibly exert.
by Zach Wamp (Politician, American , born in 1957) keywords: along, ambitions, china, containing, exert, exerting, important, influence, japan, korea, north, nuclear, play, possibly, role, russia , south Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
by Frances Wright (Writer, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: doing, exert, expense, injury, justly, liberties, liberty, others, our, own, platform, step, sure, them, threshold, thus, tyranny, uncertain, unjustly, upon , without
