Goad Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. — Lucretius
I wear a pedometer, a little device that counts every step. It works as a goad, because you walk additional distances to pile up the… — Roger Ebert
Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding… — Alan Greenspan
Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin. — Salvador de Madariaga
Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil. — Posidonius
A journal is more than a memory goad. It's therapeutic. The simple act of opening a notebook to put words down stills the crosscurrents of… — Randy Wayne White
The very shape of our dreams defines us. We learn about the world and try out our thoughts and visions in them. Our dreams goad… — Isobelle Carmody
It's easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God… — Oswald Chambers
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Of course people couldn't help but think I must be a bit of a dyke myself. And of course I am. Everyone is: a bit.… — Truman Capote
But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to live… — Tobias Wolff
My goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life. — Don Imus
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. — William Shakespeare
Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That… — Lloyd Alexander
If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our… — Upton Sinclair
All day long this man would toil thus, his whole being centered upon the purpose of making twenty-three instead of twenty-two and a half cents… — Upton Sinclair
That is why faith, wherever it develops into hope, causes not rest but unrest, not patience but impatience. It does not calm the unquiet heart,… — JÃ¼rgen Moltmann
Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar.… — John Ruskin

Who Wrote These Goad Quotes

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