Vigorous Quotes

209 quotes by 174 authors

But tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumbleâ€™s soul; his heart was waterproof. Like washable beaver hats that improve with… — Charles Dickens
Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or… — Jonathan Edwards
Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed… — Sinclair Lewis
Rochester: "I am no better than the old lightning-struck chestnut-tree in Thornfield orchardâ€¦And what right would that ruin have to bid a budding woodbine cover… — Charlotte Bronte
Please allow me to wipe the slate clean. Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality, the upheaval of… — Janet Frame
When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It drops us into a vigorous current, a constant state of misguided control. The doomed generation takes a final step forward, ignoring all the signs… — Hunter S. Thompson
A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may… — Albert Camus
To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and… — Howard Schultz
She wasn't, nor ever had been, under the illusion that marriage was a relationship characterized by endless bliss and romance. Throw any two people together,… — Nicholas Sparks
I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right… — James C. Collins
It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds. — B.F. Skinner
Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the… — Jerry Bridges
Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from… — John Muir
We looked at each other. And it occurred to me that despite his faults, which were numerous and spectacular, the reason Iâ€™d liked Boris and… — Donna Tartt
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. — Henry David Thoreau
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to… — Samuel Johnson
Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and… — Jeremy Collier
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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