#strenuous

Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#consent #constantly #continually #industry #makes

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity. ↗

— James Taylor

#activity #ago #any #cleaned #felt

Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#changed #companies #just #know #larger

If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#cannot #certainly #civilization #effort #example

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. ↗

— Edwin Percy Whipple

#cheerfulness #discipline #most #people #result

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#active #adventure #expects #experience #goes

The boarding I do is pretty strenuous and because I'm so active I really don't have to work out too often. ↗

— Shaun White

#because #boarding #i #i do #often

And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

#criticized #i #i think #look #object

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#ease #i #i wish #ignoble #life

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#american life #essential #learning #life #ours