Vigor Quotes
179 quotes by 152 authors
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A college should feel alarmed rather than pleased if it graduates nothing but good citizens. For when the body politic is composed of nothing but…
— George Boas
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It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such. It is the bog in our brains and bowels,…
— Henry David Thoreau
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My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The very uprightness of the pines and maples asserts the ancient rectitude and vigor of nature. Our lives need the relief of such a background,…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.
— Chiang Kai-shek
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Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of…
— Margaret Fuller
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Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To grasp organizational life as it is, read novels (!) .... It is my fervent belief that we will never design rational processes that "overcome"…
— Tom Peters
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The stomach, liver, lungs and brain are suffering for want of deep, full inspirations of air which would electrify the blood and impart to it…
— Ellen G. White
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Abstemiousness in diet and control of the passions, will preserve the intellect and give mental and moral vigor, enabling men to bring all their propensities…
— Ellen G. White
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If physical exercise were combined with mental exertion, the blood would be quickened in its circulation, the action of the heart would be more perfect,…
— Ellen G. White
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The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a…
— Christopher Gadsden
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If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness…
— Christopher McDougall
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If we lose our heritage of health and vigor, all the beauty that has been achieved will be for naught!
— Bill Munson
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I get more results for my money than in any other philanthropic scheme. It is a medical fact that children can have a better chance…
— George Eastman
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In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring…
— James Henry Hammond
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We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its…
— Henry David Thoreau
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If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when…
— Martin Luther
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The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as…
— Ray Bradbury
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Men and women, inspired by faith in man's dignity, goaded by conviction in man's responsibility, labored that this land might be a better home for…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who Wrote These Vigor Quotes
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