Appetites Quotes

144 quotes by 118 authors

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter… — Joseph Addison
To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and… — James Buchan
I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. — Lord Chesterfield
When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal… — Smith Wigglesworth
Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true… — Bernard de Mandeville
To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul. — Rumi
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many… — Ralph Washington Sockman
We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or… — Clementine Paddleford
Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites. — William Ruckelshaus
I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest… — Sybille Bedford
Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from… — Al-Ghazali
We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast — Jim Rohn
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . — Charles Dickens
I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isnt… — Wendie Malick
Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not… — John F. MacArthur
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our… — Dale Carnegie
The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders. — Eric Hoffer
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. — Edmund Burke
Most of us live in a condition of secrecy: secret desires, secret appetites, secret hatreds and relationship with the institutions which is extremely intense and… — John le Carre

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