Vigorous Quotes

209 quotes by 176 authors

We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom… — Arthur Conan Doyle
You perceive now, my friends, what your general or abstract duty is as teachers. Although you have to generate in your pupils a large stock… — William James
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to… — Thomas Jefferson
The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep. — Aristotle
One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part. — Randolph Bourne
The passion of self-aggrandizement is persistent but plastic; it will never disappear from a vigorous mind, but may become morally higher by attaching itself to… — Charles Horton Cooley
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking — Samuel Johnson
The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind. — Mortimer Collins
I just don't think of age and time in respect of years. I have too much experience of people in their seventies who are vigorous… — Harrison Ford
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is… — Dave Reichert
Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down. The strong are… — Charles Spurgeon
This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food, but it supplies… — Denis Diderot
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. — John Owen
When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet,… — John Owen
PoincarÃ© was a vigorous opponent of the theory that all mathematics can be rewritten in terms of the most elementary notions of classical logic; something… — Eric Temple Bell
There are fewer chemical pollutants in the air. Our drinking water is safer. Our food standards have been raised. We've cleaned up more toxic waste… — William J. Clinton
Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self… — Friedrich Nietzsche
At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind.… — Soren Kierkegaard
There is no more wild, free, vigorous growth of the forest, but everything is in pots or rows like a rococo garden... The pupil is… — G. Stanley Hall

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