Exertion Quotes
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It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Keywords: all :: be :: evil :: exertion :: filled :: food :: for :: good :: health :: hunger :: is :: it :: not :: of :: our :: recognize :: rest :: sickness :: the :: through :: to :: value :: we :: wishesSubject: Dreams Quotes :: Effort Quotes :: Evil Quotes :: Food Quotes :: Fulfilment Quotes :: Goodness Quotes :: Health Quotes :: Hunger Quotes :: Illness Quotes :: Rest Quotes :: Wishes QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
Allen Jackson
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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.
Alan Curry
Keywords: aid :: almost :: an :: by :: daily :: devote :: effect :: exertion :: few :: four :: half :: hours :: insensible :: is :: its :: labour :: minute :: of :: our :: over :: spread :: the :: to :: twenty :: up :: watches :: we :: wheels :: which :: whole :: winding :: yetSource: brainyquote.com -
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Alan Curry
Keywords: ability :: attraction :: by :: cannot :: circumstance :: coupled :: england :: even :: exertion :: fail :: from :: hold :: in :: is :: it :: law :: obtaining :: of :: out :: patronage :: profession :: reward :: seems :: strongest :: talent :: that :: the :: though :: to :: unaided :: which :: withSource: brainyquote.com -
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
Al Harrison
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
Robertson Davies
