Sentence examples similar to Exerted oneself from inspiring English sources

When I hear the term "hard-working", I feel the urge to make the case for laziness, or for exerting oneself no more than moderately.

Modesty consists in an awareness of the perspective of others and a readiness to curtail one's own unseemly behavior; love of humanity is a willingness to exert oneself on others' behalf.

The process, whereby rational efforts are made by the jurist to arrive at an appropriate ruling, when applied is called ijtihad (literally meaning "exerting oneself").

From carrying heavy items to exerting oneself playing a game, people who are not used to exercising and have risk factors for heart disease, are at an increased risk.

The proportion of variation due to disease/treatment heterogeneity was high and significant for the scales that measured ability to exert oneself, anginal frequency and perception of disease (ECS, AFS and DPS, I2 all equal to 87%), but was lower for angina severity (ASS) (Table 3).

The two main manifestations of love are as a hunger for the presence of a person or thing and as a willingness to exert oneself to help someone.

There is no harm in exerting oneself.

This may be because of a failure to remain hopeful that one has adopted a correct spiritual path, or because one has simply over-exerted oneself spiritually.

In one way or another, they involve an avoidant action, one that exerts force away from oneself, as if pushing something away.

Memory, however, exerted a pull.

He exerted a calming influence.