War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions but by his habitual acts.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down the other is pulling up.
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments not on my gender.
I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current but I am not at liberty to travel that road.
Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.
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.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight nothing which is more important than his own personal safety is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight nothing which is more important than his own personal safety is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
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.
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 over the moon. We can best do this by going there.
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it is a principle too obvious to require investigation.
If they exert it not for good they will for evil if they advance not knowledge they will perpetuate ignorance.
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind but an active exertion of the inward strength vigor and power of the mind displaying itself from within.