Vigorous Quotes

209 quotes by 176 authors

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement. — Leland Ryken
Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy. — Janet Poppendieck
I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This is… — Rand Paul
The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection… — Samuel Johnson
Vigorous organisms talk not about their processes, but about their aims. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous. — Lucy Larcom
The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives,… — Alfred North Whitehead
Vigorous writing is concise. — William Strunk, Jr.
When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them… — Austin Farrer
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants 'success consciousness' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and… — Paul J. Meyer
Plants, in a state of nature, are always warring with one another, contending for the monopoly of the soil,-the stronger ejecting the weaker,-the more vigorous… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
Uncertainty as to our relationship with God is one of the most enfeebling and dispiriting of things. It makes a man heartless. It takes the… — Horatius Bonar
Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be… — Robert H. Jackson
You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the… — Nick Cannon
There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous. — Mitch Daniels
Only when we connect to nature, engaged with nature, are we truly alive and vigorous. To really be alive, one must be under the sun,… — Daisaku Ikeda
The forces of safety are afoot in the land. I, for one, believe it is a conspiracy - a conspiracy of Safety Nazis shouting "Sieg… — P.J. O'Rourke
Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that… — Virgil Goode
The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous… — Jon Meacham
I proceeded to take that mitten full of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous… — Frank Zappa

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