top of page
.png){kind=small}
"The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Fitness quotes
"Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children."
"My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter."
"Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security."
"So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance."
"I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments."
"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
"The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal."
Explore more quotes by Charles Babbage
"To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance."
"It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge."
"A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science."
"It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue."
"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."
"The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted."
"There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list."
"I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject."
bottom of page