Impetus Quotes

74 Impetus quotes by 66 unique authors

The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank… — Beth Henley
It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind. It… — Maria Montessori
Part of the impetus for my writing is the pain I've seen my friends experience both in their marriage and in their dreams. — Peter D. Kramer
I wish to extend an invitation to solidarity to everyone, and I would like to encourage those in public office to make every effort to… — Pope Francis
I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just… — James Earl Jones
Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t. — Jen Hatmaker
Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does… — Eleanor of Aquitaine
Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus. — David Hume
You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus… — Frederick Lenz
USE this time of fresh beginnings. Use it as an impetus, the force or energy toward change. Become stronger, a better leader, more focused in… — Mary Anne Radmacher
Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields… — Milton Avery
Decisive inventions and discoveries always are initiated by an intellectual or moral stimulus as their actual motivating force, but, usually, the final impetus to human… — Stefan Zweig
Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims. — Frank Gaffney
The ends justify the means mindset has been the impetus behind many a cruel medical or social experiment. — James Morcan
Yoga is not a new path to follow but a way to become conscious of the original impetus of life. Yoga is the movement and… — David Frawley
To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be drawn into serious… — Stephen S. Roach
It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit. — Joy Harjo
I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer that… — Jonathan Safran Foer
An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety. — Gary Hamel
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations. — Harri Holkeri
The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative… — Thomas Kuhn
Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus. — Sol LeWitt
The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change. — Simon Mainwaring
For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we… — Steven Pinker
Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. — Jill Scott

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