Vigorous Quotes

209 quotes by 176 authors

There has been a vigorous acceleration of health, resource and education programs designed to advance the role of the American Indian in our society. Last… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
At all times, except when a monarch could enforce his will, war has been facilitated by the fact that vigorous males, confident of victory, enjoyed… — Bertrand Russell
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be… — Henry Watson Fowler
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable… — George Orwell
Short of a small range of physical acts-a fight, murder, lovemaking-dialogue is the most vigorous and visible inter-action of which characters in a novel are… — Elizabeth Bowen
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland, banal, indiscriminately informative, and pointless.… — John Szarkowski
We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate. — Karen Hughes
Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation. — Pope John XXIII
I will venture to assert that no combination of designing men under heaven will be capable of making a government unpopular which is in its… — Alexander Hamilton
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life,… — Christian Nestell Bovee
The evidence that at least one extraterrestrial civilization has visited Earth is extensive both in scope and detail. In its totality it comprises a body… — Steven M. Greer
Instead of responding to these attacks with a vigorous intellectual counterpunch, many believers grew suspicious of intellectual issues altogether. To be sure, Christians must rely… — J.P. Moreland
Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life.Â A man must look inward to find his own answers. — Robin Williams
Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis. — Dalton Trumbo
I believe that a woman should always remain a woman and nothing feminine should be alien to her. At the same time, I strongly feel… — Valentina Tereshkova
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed… — Albert Pike
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last… — Herodotus
The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living. — W. Somerset Maugham
Business is correct to defend its right to act in order to produce a vigorous and engaging prosperity. But it is wrong if it forgets… — Paul Hawken
The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations -… — Carl Sagan

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