Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 628 authors

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. — Sydney J. Harris
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. — Eric Hoffer
Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where… — Eric Hoffer
When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This… — Hans Hofmann
There's childhood and early onset bipolar, but it transitions in your early adulthood into something a little bit different, and extremely severe. It was at… — Marya Hornbacher
The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous. — Aldous Huxley
Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others. — Daisaku Ikeda
Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love… — Marc Jacobs
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. — William James
I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in… — Angelina Jolie
We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely… — Daniel Kahneman
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. — Helen Keller
There's only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent - and that's being an adolescent. The moodiness, the volatility, the wholesale… — Jeffrey Kluger
Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty… — Caroline Knapp
Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so blown away that… — Anne Lamott
As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities… — Annie Lennox
In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died… — Daniel Day-Lewis
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. — Abraham Lincoln
My mum says, 'Go with your first instinct,' but this can lead to impulse buying! — Lindsay Lohan

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