Vigorous Quotes

209 quotes by 174 authors

The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the… — Walter Lippmann
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company doesn't simply balance… — James C. Collins
As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneous… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics. — Bertrand Russell
What enriches language is its being handled and exploited by beautiful minds-not so much by making innovations as by expanding it through more vigorous and… — Michel de Montaigne
Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the productive fields. It's like that in the building and developing of… — George Matthew Adams
Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in… — Benjamin Franklin
Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy. — Geoff Mulgan
There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new hope and a new responsibility for all. — Erik Erikson
Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come. — Henry Rollins
In Toledo, people grow out. Out to the suburbs. Out to the parts of America where the economy is more vigorous. And all too often,… — P.J. O'Rourke
Contemporary curators orbit in the place of distribution and consumption, and less and less in the space of artists. I think it has become a… — Michelle Grabner
Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The west has been… — Martin Jacques
For humans and animals alike, truly vigorous, wholehearted, spontaneous play is something of a biological frill. — Robin Marantz Henig
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have… — William Strunk, Jr.
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the… — Herodotus
I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate. — Karen Hughes
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. — Samuel Johnson
The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain — Samuel Johnson
The sour taste of a vigorous leader should be tasted by his enemies when they arise to fight his kingdom for a no just cause. — Michael Bassey Johnson

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