Strenuous Quotes

88 Strenuous quotes by 78 unique authors

One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is… — Eric Hoffer
As strenuous challenge or contemplative retreat, the parks and other units of the national lands offer welcome respite from the world, a safety valve for… — T. H. Watkins
It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of… — Abraham Lincoln
The world loves a peaceful man, but it gives way to a strenuous kicker. — Emily Murphy
On the left hand path we take the direct route, which is much more strenuous, much more dangerous, and much more likely to cause you… — Zeena Schreck
Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts. Praised be God, ye… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome and were accompanied… — Rodney Stark
Much has already been learned about the arrogance of the IRS from the House investigations of the agency's targeting of conservatives. The revelations emerged despite… — Cleta Mitchell
I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing… — Bernard Baruch
Our moods do not believe in each other. To-day I am full of thoughts, and can write what I please. I see no reason why… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous… — Ernest Holmes
Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will… — Josiah Royce
We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times. — David Ben-Gurion
All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing… — Eisaku Sato
I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing. — Liza Minnelli
I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee together, but then… — Patrick Duffy
Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just… — Donald Glover
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of… — George Will
A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied… — Max Beerbohm
The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not occasionally through some… — Max Planck
A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare to be great;… — Theodore Roosevelt
Success requires strenuous effort, but it's a proven fact statistically that most people are as lazy as they dare to be and still get by. — James Van Fleet
Few in these hot, dim, strenuous times are quite sane or free; choked with care like clocks full of dust, laboriously doing so much good… — John Muir

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