Impels Quotes

40 quotes by 39 authors

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. — Ambrose Bierce
Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this spirit in man that urges… — H.G. Wells
Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices. — Radhanath Swami
Woman is a misbegotten man and has a faulty and defective nature in comparison to his. Therefore she is unsure in herself. What she cannot… — Albertus Magnus
There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know. — Maya Angelou
Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively… — Karen Horney
There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Doubt . . . impels a search for the truth. It opens the door to knowledge. Faith puts a lock on the door. Indeed, .… — Vincent Bugliosi
I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who do not exist.… — Mavis Gallant
Anyone who directly and honestly reproduces that force which impels him to create belongs to us. — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others. — Pope Leo XIII
Stairway to Wisdomâ€) David Brooks detailed the needed ingredients to gaining a deep understanding of a social problem, beginning with the data and moving on… — David Brooks
We cannot have faith without belief, but we can believe without having faith. Belief is the foundation of faith. Faith is trusting in our Lord… — O. Leslie Stone
Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people,… — George Mason
There are few of us so blind as not to realize that unless the moral force of religious conviction impels, the goal of truth and… — Sumner Welles
When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. — Theodore Sturgeon
This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to say,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear.... It is not training but love which impels them to break their silence… — Helen Keller
A little group of thatched cottages in the middle of the village had an orchard attached; and I remember well the peculiar purity of the… — Alfred Leslie Rowse
What necessity impels a writer who has produced fifty books to write still one more? Why this proliferation, this fear of being forgotten, this debased… — Emile M. Cioran

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