Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.
'A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of readers cannot be underestimated.
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.
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.
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.
I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.
The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth.
I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical exertion of doing eight shows on Broadway a week, I cannot even fathom it.
Bodily haste and exertion usually leave our thoughts very much at the mercy of our feelings and imagination.
Remember this! It is never an entire people who is cruel; it is merely individuals who exert their will on others.
We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and call things by the same names as other people call them by.
In those things toward which we exerted our best endeavors we succeeded.
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.
Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
We must keep prices under control to ensure that price increases do not exert a major negative impact on people's lives.
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
When modern physics exerts itself to establish the world's formula, what occurs thereby is this: the being of entities has resolved itself into the method of the totally calculable.
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.
