Activity Quotes

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If we desire to do what will please God, and what will help men, we presently find ourselves taken out of our narrow habits of… — James Freeman Clarke
The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other according to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
As far as guitar goes, it's weird to have such a challenging activity in my life for so long - I love it. It kicks… — Vernon Reid
Social ills: teenage pregnancy, gangs, children with behavioral problems. All these things can be alleviated if kids got more physical activity for starters. — Edwin Moses
At the same time, on the networks, there are thousands of groups that are building lifestreams, or lifestreaming for themselves in their own way. We'd… — David Gelernter
Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for… — Pope Francis
There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love. — Erich Fromm
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither… — John W. Gardner
The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a… — Neil Gaiman
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. — Indira Gandhi
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. — Paul Gauguin
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. — Calvin Coolidge
The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to… — John Cornyn
If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist… — Stockwell Day
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. — Will Durant
It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about… — Wayne Dyer
I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give… — Umberto Eco

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