Impulse Quotes

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He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since… — Pio of Pietrelcina
As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or rural areas outside… — Jamie Bell
Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses. — Luc de Clapiers
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness… — Eric Hoffer
The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, produce both a readiness to… — Eric Hoffer
The thinker philosophizes as the lover loves. Even were the consequences not only useless but harmful, he must obey his impulse. — William James
The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. — George Orwell
It is a little remarkable, that - though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Artist submits from day to day to the fatal rhythm of the impulses of the universal world which encloses him, continual centre of sensations,… — Odilon Redon
I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even… — Vincent Van Gogh
Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse. — Jim Carrey
There's a lot of landscape I never would have described if I hadn't been homesick. The impulse was nostalgia. — Joan Didion
Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man;… — Sathya Sai Baba
I almost never start with an image. I start with a painting idea, an impulse, usually derived from my own world. — Robert Motherwell
A living creature develops a destructive impulse when it wants to destroy a source of danger... The original motive is not pleasure in destruction... I… — Wilhelm Reich
Spirit of Beauty, whose sweet impulses, flung like rose of dawn across the sea, alone can flush the exalted consciousness with shafts of sensible divinity-light… — Alan Seeger
Dare to be irrational! - keep free from formulas, open to any fresh impulse, fluid. — Edward Weston
Ambition is an expensive impulse, one that requires an enormous investment of emotional capital. Like any investment, it can pay off in countless different kinds… — Jeffrey Kluger
The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because… — Steven Pressfield
You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it. — Kimon Nicolaides

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