Imperative Quotes

287 quotes by 260 authors

This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety . It becomes more and more imperative that the life… — Dalai Lama
The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive. — C. G. Weeramantry
Why we are here is important, but to know where we are going is imperative. It's not what you've got, it's what you use, that… — Zig Ziglar
Corporations are mandated, in effect, to 'grow or die,' a rule also called 'the growth imperative.' — Michele Simon
Action isn't a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to do… — Joanna Macy
We are on the brink of a new energy order. Over the next few decades, our reserves of oil will start to run out and… — Fatih Birol
If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself. — Joel Osteen
Neither god, nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore it is your solemn and imperative duty to use… — Henry Highland Garnet
It is imperative that the past of the pilgrims' progress be intentionally carried forward into the present as we work into our future. Without it… — H. Richard Niebuhr
All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. — Ayn Rand
We play because we are wired for joy; it is imperative as human beings. — John Thorn
Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a healthy, prosperous future… — Bill Gates
Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order… — Aristotle
God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant. — Elisabeth Elliot
The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the individual a hardly… — William James
No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you… — Adora Svitak
In a world filled with mistrust, armed to the teeth and ready to explode, a realistic attitude might be to consider love as an imperative… — Dominique de Menil
The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative as: keep bleeding,… — Leslie Jamison
Does management resist the institutional imperative? — Warren Buffett
This is all disgraceful and underscores how imperative it is that Obamacare be fully repealed and that the newly elected GOP Congress get a backbone… — David Limbaugh

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