--- title: "3 Moral Vigor Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Moral Vigor quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Moral Vigor sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_compound-interest_that-law-of-nature-whereby-everything-cl_332092.png" --- > [“That law of nature whereby everything climbs to higher platforms, and bodily vigor becomes mental and moral vigor. The bread he eats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/that-law-of-nature-whereby-everything-climbs-to-higher-platforms-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_compound-interest_that-law-of-nature-whereby-everything-cl_332092.png) > [Abstemiousness in diet and control of the passions, will preserve the intellect and give mental and moral vigor, enabling men to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/abstemiousness-in-diet-and-control-of-the-passions-will-preserve-the/) [Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/ellen-g-white-1229_common_abstemiousness-in-diet-and-control-of-th_607307.jpg) > [“Few of us are not in some way infirm, or even diseased; and our very infirmities help us unexpectedly. In the psychopathic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/few-of-us-are-not-in-some-way-infirm-or-even-diseased-and-our-very/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/william-james-228_nervous-system_few-of-us-are-not-in-some-way-infirm-or_1349268.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-vigor/#itemlist", "name": "Moral Vigor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That law of nature whereby everything climbs to higher platforms, and bodily vigor becomes mental and moral vigor. The bread he eats is first strength and animal spirits; it becomes, in higher laboratories, imagery and thought; and in still higher results, courage and endurance. This is the right compound interest; this is capital doubled, quadrupled, centupled; man raised to his highest power. 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What, then, is more natural than that this temperament should introduce one to regions of religious truth, to corners of the universe, which your robust Philistine type of nervous system, forever offering its biceps to be felt, thumping its breast, and thanking Heaven that it hasn't a single morbid fiber in its composition, would be sure to hide forever from its self-satisfied possessors?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William James" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/few-of-us-are-not-in-some-way-infirm-or-even-diseased-and-our-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/william-james-228_nervous-system_few-of-us-are-not-in-some-way-infirm-or_1349268.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/william-james-228_nervous-system_few-of-us-are-not-in-some-way-infirm-or_1349268.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/william-james-228_nervous-system_few-of-us-are-not-in-some-way-infirm-or_1349268.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Few of us are not in some way infirm, or even diseased; and our very infirmities help us unexpectedly. 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