Impulses Quotes
287 quotes by 240 authors
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Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other, and…
— Unknown Author
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The secret of successfully giving yourself away lies not so much in calculated actions as in cultivating friendly, warm-hearted impulses. You have to train yourself…
— David Dunn
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When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices.
— Kelly McGonigal
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Traveling is more fun - hell, life is more fun - if you can treat it as a series of impulses.
— Bill Bryson
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There are things in the human mind that are not meant to be seen or touched, things seldom even acknowledged by our conscious selves. Fantasies,…
— Kay Hooper
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A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during…
— Albert Einstein
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Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall to mourning over the loss of a wonderful cat he used to…
— Mark Twain
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I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of…
— William Godwin
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When calling for authenticity, we need to take seriously the brokenness and sinfulness of the human heart. If to be authentic means to be who…
— Erwin McManus
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Integration proceeds by just the opposite route: a deliberate heightening of every organic function; a release of impulses from circumstances that irrationally thwarted them; richer…
— Lewis Mumford
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Men in general are too material and do not make enough human contacts. If we search for the fundamentals which actually motivate us we will…
— Unknown Author
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Impulses of intelligence constantly create the body in new forms every second.
— Deepak Chopra
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in…
— Bertolt Brecht
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There are two impulses in theatre: to be frivolous or to make rules.
— Unknown Author
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No one wishes for crisis, but when crises come, they can call forth our best impulses, those of compassion, courage, creativity, and community. And if…
— David Spangler
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
— Van Wyck Brooks
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One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, - to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep a diary, to…
— John Jay Chapman
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What is needed is a marriage of two impulses, a coupling of the urge to do something positive with the willingness to constantly re-evaluate how…
— Harry Chapin
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If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. You are a…
— Stephen Covey
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The old structure of the West as a synthesis of classical culture, Christianity, and the impulses of peoples entering history for the ÂŽfirst time has…
— Unknown Author
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