Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most… — Elias Lyman Magoon Copy Share Image
God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In so many ways, he had wanted this his whole life—or at least ever since he’d survived his transition and had any… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton woool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I have had this longstanding interest in going back to school to get a Ph.D. in art history. I was especially interested… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, growing riotous and strange in their impulse for growth. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
A living faith is always on trial; we call it faith for that reason. When I read in some alarmist book that… — John Edgar Park Copy Share Image
If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Don't give up. It's really important to trust your impulses as an artist no matter what anybody else says. — Judy Chicago Copy Share Image
Nothing poisons love more than honesty. If love lasts until the day we die, we will live without showing our real self… — Yang Gui-ja Copy Share Image
I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
True drama can be conceived only as resulting from the collective impulse of all the arts to communicate in the most immediate… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race. Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
I have a tendency when I feel myself getting stuck, my impulse is to go to my cupboard and find chips to… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Not the least of the hardships to which the dying are subject is the visitation of their loved ones. The poor darlings,… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
The criminal law has, from the point of view of thwarted virtue, the merit of allowing an outlet for those impulses of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
