In belief lies the secret of all valuable exertion.

Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons

— Sigurd F. Olson

I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable.

— Damian Barr

“It is not the actual, physical exertion that counts towards one’s progress, not the nature of the task but by the spirit of faith…

— Anonymous

The sweetest of all success is that which one wins by hard exertion.

— George Eliot

Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us and the…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Perhaps there is no gift of nature that requires as little exertion on the part of the owner as personal beauty. I am not…

— Bret Harte

customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to carry one…

— Sarah Siddons

Perhaps the chief cause which has retarded the progress of poetry in America, is the want of that exclusive cultivation, which so noble a…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Nowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying…

— Ralph Cudworth

“He was dangerous. And difficult. And he was all mine. Sometimes in the morning, when he worked in the gym one floor below, I’d…

— Ilona Andrews

All that the Y.M.C.A.'s horse and rings really accomplished was to fill me with an ineradicable distaste, not only for Christian endeavor in all…

— H. L. Mencken

Used with due abstinence, hope acts as a healthful tonic; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate. The visions of future triumph, which at first…

— James Fitzjames Stephen

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other,…

— Maria Edgeworth

Communism requires of its adherents that they arise early and participate in a strenuous round of calisthenics. To someone who wishes that cigarettes came…

— Fran Lebowitz