Exertion Quotes

158 Exertion quotes by 129 unique authors

Mankind has invested more than four million years of evolution in the attempt to avoid physical exertion. Now a group of backward-thinking atavists mounted on… — P.J. O'Rourke
You may give a piece of bread to a hungry person, and when the cravings of hunger return some one else must administer to his… — Daniel H. Wells
Only people willing to work to the point of discomfort on a regular basis using effective means to produce that discomfort will actually look like… — Mark Rippetoe
I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so… — Michelle Yeoh
Our only hope to speak with kindness, to lead with patience, and to not threaten our children with homicide is to ensure our spiritual reserves… — Jen Hatmaker
Biography, especially of the great and good, who have risen by their own exertions to eminence and usefulness, is an inspiring and ennobling study. Its… — Horace Mann
Have a good physical outlet of some sport or exercise. Overcome evil with good. You can overcome many evil inclinations through good physical exertion and… — Ezra Taft Benson
The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of… — Mercy Otis Warren
.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear,… — David Livingstone
Those 40 or 50 national correspondents who had followed Kennedy since the beginning of his electoral exertions into the November days had become more than… — Theodore White
There are no days in the whole round year more delicious than those which often come to us in the latter half of April... The… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if left altogether without… — Thomas Jefferson
So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you… — Vincent de Paul
I believe you [men] capable of everything great and good in your married lives. I believe you equal to every important exertion, and to every… — Jane Austen
But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social… — Friedrich List
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly. — Charles de Gaulle
Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing… — Joseph Butler
Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and faster every hour.… — John Ruskin
The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit… — George Will
As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer.… — Samuel Johnson
Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare. — Friedrich List
There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers,… — Charles Buck
Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything.… — Laozi
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or bites some substance… — Erasmus Darwin

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