Word of the Day: Strenuous

strenuous

stren-u-ous / strĕn-yo͞o-əs

adjective

1. requiring a great deal of effort, exertion or endurance

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

Theodore Roosevelt, 1858 – 1919

2. energetic, active, zealous

Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.

Abdu’l-Bahá, 1844 – 1921