Impulse Quotes

827 Impulse quotes by 615 unique authors

If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that… — Nelson A. Miles
The anterior cingulate fires up as the end result of a series of events. First, estrogen levels fall. Meanwhile, serotonin, the feel-good neurotransmitter, also decreases.… — Daniel Amen
One way to determine if a view is inadequate is to check its consequences in particular cases, sometimes extreme ones, but if someone always decided… — Robert Nozick
Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And — Khaled Hosseini
There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. — Milton Sapirstein
The [nonprofit] sector is the natural home of nonmajoritarian impulses, movements and values. It comfortably harbors innovators, maverick movements, groups which feel they must fight… — John W. Gardner
A great factory with the machinery all working and revolving with absolute and rhythmic regularity and with the men all driven by one impulse, and… — Thomas Nelson Page
In order to benefit; however, you must believe that life is plotting for you. We often resist this emerging impulse or this urge to emerge… — Derek Rydall
All thoughts create thought-forms. When you think about anything, an electrical impulse is released. Its charge gathers into a form that appears clairvoyantly like a… — Doreen Virtue
When the opportunity or impulse is there .. ACT. — Rhonda Byrne
I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box. — Anna Quindlen
Faith is the eternal elixir. It gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought. — Napoleon Hill
There are 64 divine mother impulses which govern the subtle creation. These are responsible for restoring all earthly and spiritual benefits. They are simply part… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Choosing not to act on an angry impulse and to feel the pain that lies beneath it is a very courageous thing to do. — Gary Zukav
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses. — Bertrand Russell
Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure - nobody… — Philip Slater
There are worries that seem to me sustained by the love of worry. For example, that people are reading from screens, or listening to recorded… — Marilynne Robinson
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. — Daniel Goleman
What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish. — James Salter
The thing about writing is that if you have the impulse, you will find the time. — Seamus Heaney
I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And then I can't… — Quentin Crisp
Everyone has the impulse to be elite. — Alfre Woodard
For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together. — Vincent Van Gogh
Love is the sole impulse for creation; and the man who does not have it as the greatest incentive in his life has never developed… — Ernest Holmes
Christ's mission is to release the divine into our conscious knowing. He awakens the impulse in man to rise above his lower nature and be… — Flower A. Newhouse

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