Vigour Quotes

66 quotes by 56 authors

My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty. — Edmund Burke
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as… — James Anthony Froude
Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition. — John Arbuthnot
With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved this way and that. Each… — Ellsworth Huntington
The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh. — John Owen
The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...The choicest believers, who are assuredly… — John Owen
Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a… — George Boole
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements pall with frequent… — Lyndon B. Johnson
For the players to put their minds and vigour into the game is not enough for victory. They must also put in their souls. The… — Viacheslav Platonov
From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading to the ravaging… — Ban Ki-moon
It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until… — William Banting
I walk in the garden, I look at the flowers and shrubs and trees and discover in them an exquisiteness of contour, a vitality of… — Bernard Berenson
Men, to act with vigour and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them.… — Joseph Story
How much more do they deserve our reverence and praise, whose lives are devoted to the formation of institutions, which, when they and their children… — Joseph Story
It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomitant of violent love, and that the noble enthusiasm of liberty is… — Alexander Hamilton
I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour.… — Peter O'Toole
A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself,… — Walter Gropius
Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her energy, but none of our wreckings can… — Marquis de Sade
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul. — Ovid
From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and… — Julia Margaret Cameron

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