Best Exertions Quotes

47 Exertions quotes by 38 unique authors

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
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
In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are in part produced… — Erasmus Darwin
Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom; therefore, when we are in doubt and puzzle… — Charles Caleb Colton
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would… — Thomas Huxley
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable… — John Stuart Mill
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. — Blaise Pascal
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind… — George Santayana
Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own… — Ben Stein
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions? — Mary Wollstonecraft
The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and well-to-do uncle who knows a hundred dirty jokes and will die of… — Don DeLillo
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable… — John Stuart Mill
The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to… — Mercy Otis Warren
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the… — James Nasmyth
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my… — Adam Weishaupt
A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell
It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her citizens, and rests… — George Washington
Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts… — George Washington
Sacrifice, struggle, and suffering are tireless exertions of dedicated individuals. Its another's wrongful deeds that always seem bitter, with there various evasive-adverse-effects. Tiz'tha same fool… — Travis Long
To be truly independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions. The best place to find a helping hand, is at the end of… — Nishan Panwar

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