(34 quotes found)
“A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.”
Charles Horton Cooley
“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.”
William Ellery Channing
“The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.”
“The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.”
Charles de Montesquieu
“Never suffer your courage to exert itself in fierceness, your resolution in obstinacy, your wisdom in cunning, nor your patience in sullenness and despair.”
Charles Palmer
“Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.”
Friedrich List
“It is common sense for someone who has lived here for so long to be able to exert their talents to their fullest.”
Daniel Rodriguez
“It's a simple way for us to do a lot of fundraising without exerting a lot of energy and adding to administrative costs.”
Dani Johnson
“The risk of sudden cardiac death during an episode of moderate to vigorous exertion in this large group of women was exceedingly low, even lower than we had found previously in a large group of men.”
Christine Albert
“Megan was exerting herself so much defensively that it took away from her energy on the offensive end.”
Curt Benge
