Exertion Quotes

158 quotes by 130 authors

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of… — Charles Babbage
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. — Robert Burns
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. — Carl von Clausewitz
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the… — George Washington
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion. — Florence Nightingale
The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If you are very joyful about… — Geshe Gyeltsen
It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we… — Subhas Chandra Bose
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties… — George Washington
It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and higher with the ad-vancing years,… — George Sand
Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of… — Germaine Greer
Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers. — Gerrit Smith
He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge, or gives to… — Henry George
Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus, no minute processes… — Humphry Davy
If the term education may be understood in so large a sense as to include all that belongs to the improvement of the mind, either… — Michael Faraday
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified. — Niels Bohr
In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government… — George Washington
We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event in… — James Hutton
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the… — Pema Chodron
The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions, just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which… — Erwin Rommel
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself. — Walter Scott

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