A Quote by John Steinbeck

The last clear definite function of man — muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need — this is man.

John Steinbeck

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Beyond Clear Create Definite Function Last Man Minds Muscles Need Single Work

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John Steinbeck
American - Author
February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

John Steinbeck

How much of life could he spend aching? Aching is not a stable condition; it must resolve into something

Arthur Phillips

It's my absolute passionate belief that every single human being, man, woman, or child, is aching to find a face-to-face relationship with God.

Sheila Walsh

The occupational hazard of being a Playboy Bunny is the aching facial muscles brought on by obligatory smiles.

Germaine Greer

I love team sports - they give me something to focus on rather than the fact that I can't breathe or my muscles are aching.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

I have suffered from migraines since childhood and have long been curious about my own aching head, my dizziness, my divine lifting feelings, my sparklers and black holes, and my single visual hallucination of a little pink man and a pink ox on the floor of my bedroom.

Siri Hustvedt

I felt his hot tears and the loneliness of man and the sweetness of all men and the aching haunting beauty of the living

John Fante

This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I surely would ... ... but I'm a man of thirty - of twenty again. The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again.

Frank Miller

What is he aching to do? What are we all aching to do? What do we want?” She didn’t know. She yawned. She was sleepy. It was too much. Nobody could tell. Nobody would ever tell. It was all over. She was eighteen and most lovely, and lost.

Jack Kerouac

Experiencing this pain in my muscles and aching and going on and on is my challenge. The last three or four reps is what makes the muscles grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens. I have no fear of fainting. I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It's not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I'm OK. A lot of other athletes are afraid of this. So they don't pass out. They don't go on.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul.

Iyanla Vanzant

It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have food for an aching belly or rest for a weary body.

Abraham Maslow

There is only One Being who can satisfy the last aching abyss of the human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Oswald Chambers

only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.

William Butler Yeats

Where the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.