The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can…

The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

— Horace Mann

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not gives advantage to the danger; it is less…

— Francis Quarles

One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.

— Roy Hattersley

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.

— Robert Kennedy

The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.

— Isaac Parker

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

— Horace Mann

I was kind of a misfit, actually. When you're young, you want to be like everybody else, and I was like nobody else. I…

— Howie Mandel

We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive,…

— Anonymous

“Impulsive isn’t something you choose. It’s something you are.”

— Kirsten Hubbard

More errors arise from inhibited indecision than from impulsive behavior.

— Morris L. Ernst

Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.

— Ayelet Waldman

“A lot of impulsive mistakes are made by people who simply aren’t willing to stay bored a little longer.”

— Paul Aurandt

I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by…

— Roger Zelazny

I think you have to sort of accept that nobody really knows where it's going so there has to be a lot of impulsive…

— Lars Ulrich

Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... music is forever growing...…

— Leopold Stokowski