--- title: "7 Energy Expended Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Energy Expended quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Energy Expended sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/anonymous-1_body-chemistry_what-it-is-is-a-place-where-i-can-return_100564.jpg" --- > [“what it is...is a place where I can return to myself. It's enough of a scramble to get to...that the energy expended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-it-is-is-a-place-where-i-can-return-to-myself-it-s-enough-of-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/anonymous-1_body-chemistry_what-it-is-is-a-place-where-i-can-return_100564.jpg) > [That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/that-is-the-key-to-history-terrific-energy-is-expended-civilizations/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/c-s-lewis-2-132_break_that-is-the-key-to-history-terrific-ener_109932.png) > [So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-strathairn/so-much-money-and-energy-is-expended-making-a-film-that-i-think-it/) [David Strathairn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-strathairn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/david-strathairn-27554_cinema_so-much-money-and-energy-is-expended-mak_180419.png) > [The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without expenditure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starr-jordan/the-physiological-law-of-transfer-of-energy-is-the-basis-of-human/) [David Starr Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starr-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/david-starr-jordan-27134_action_the-physiological-law-of-transfer-of-ene_677380.jpg) > [“The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me, because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-idea-of-overcoming-is-always-fascinating-to-me-because-few-of-us/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/maya-angelou-104_energy_the-idea-of-overcoming-is-always-fascina_1112950.png) > [The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-idea-of-overcoming-is-always-fascinating-to-me-it-s-fascinating/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/maya-angelou-104_credit_the-idea-of-overcoming-is-always-fascina_1247613.png) > [We are victims of our own success. We have let technology lead the way, pushing ever faster to newer, faster, and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-a-norman/we-are-victims-of-our-own-success-we-have-let-technology-lead-the-way/) [Donald A. Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-a-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/donald-a-norman-6862_contemplate_we-are-victims-of-our-own-success-we-hav_2455330.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/energy-expended/#itemlist", "name": "Energy Expended Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“what it is...is a place where I can return to myself. 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