#muscle

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#except #function #genitals #muscle #pull

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#hard #hard times #muscles #need #oppression

The mind is just another muscle. ↗

— Ted Turner

#just #mind #muscle

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage. ↗

— Esther Williams

#damage #enough #football #football player #frame

Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles, the neutrons, revitalize. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#dreams #learns #maybe #muscles #neutrons

When I was growing up, I cheered and danced and ran and stuff like that. I'm probably thinner now than I was in high school. I had a lot of muscle - a lot of muscle in high school. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#danced #growing #growing up #had #high

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#athlete #barriers #competitive #crash #demands

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#body #bold #breaking #contracts #curve

I like to stretch my acting muscles. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#i #like #muscles #stretch

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control? ↗

— James Hillman

#control #generally #implication #muscles #negative