Bracing Quotes

41 quotes by 38 authors

The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much… — Louis Kronenberger
Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to… — William Croswell Doane
I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like… — Robert Burns
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of… — Augustus Hare
To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war. — George Steiner
Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing… — William James
There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Dancing is an excellent amusement for young people, especially for those of sedentary occupations. Its excellence consists in exciting a cheerfulness of the mind, highly… — Noah Webster
Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is not above sudden, disturbing, movements. Since its inception, capitalism has known slumps and recessions, bubble and froth; no one has… — Margaret Thatcher
None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore, in books and men, let us look… — Charlotte Mason
Lehman uses many conveyancesâ€”including the prose poem, the sestina, and curt rhymesâ€”to travel across the writing life of a poet whose instinctive romanticism is always… — Ken Tucker
I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it. — Jude Morgan
Gilbert has established herself as a straight-up storyteller who dares us into adventures of worldly discovery, and this novel stands as a winning next act.… — Barbara Kingsolver
I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it… — Arnold Bennett
Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing… — Jane Austen
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices… — Georges Bizet
Speaking of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment. — Michelle Cruz
We runners talk about having fun but I don't think anybody believes us. We talk about discipline and endurance, we take care, we exercise caution,… — Peter Sagal
He took a moment to get over the shock, and to remind himself that this had surely been difficult for her and she was probably… — Julianne MacLean

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