Inclination Quotes

221 Inclination quotes by 188 unique authors

This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart… — David Platt
I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to… — Elsie de Wolfe
I did that all the more, if I may say so, because I was aware of the fact that there is an inclination to go… — Fritz Sauckel
Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as… — Robert Fortune
Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the… — Elwyn Brooks White
I always say that as church falls into demise, we still have the inclination to congregate whether by a night of music or a festival,… — Daniel Lanois
In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas will be sufficient… — Alfred Jodl
The Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination as… — Tara Brach
You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to power with humility… — Mike Livingston
Temptation cannot exist without the concurrence of inclination and opportunity. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor… — Samuel Johnson
One classical role of the pulpit in Protestantism has been to 'preach sermons' which imply indoctrination more than education. Within this from of communication, there… — Robert H. Schuller
In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation… — Dalai Lama
Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and correction and… — Antonya Nelson
Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him. — Oswald Chambers
Our natural inclination is to hide ourselves from God. — R C Sproul
The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will… — C.S. Lewis
...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight which was ours… — Gregory Palamas
We launch when we're kind of in the same orbit that they are in terms of being matched up in inclination in space, and we're… — Linda M. Godwin
I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination. — Cole Younger
I am an investigator by inclination. I feel a great thirst for knowledge. — Immanuel Kant
The National Socialist Party in Austria never tried to hide its inclination for a greater Germany. — Arthur Seyss-Inquart
To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that, without any other motive of… — Immanuel Kant
The other producer of old age is habit: the deathly process of doing the same thing in the same way at the same hour day… — Edith Wharton
At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it's all about. — Marlene Dumas

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