Inclination Quotes

221 Inclination quotes by 188 unique authors

We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way… — Kay Redfield Jamison
anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go on… — Jose Saramago
You're a disaster for us, Clary! You're a mundane, you'll always be one, you'll never be a Shadowhunter! You don't know how to think like… — Cassandra Clare
Sometimes with the most intense pain a paralysis of sensibility occurs. The soul disintegrates--hence the deadly frost--the free power of the mind--the shattering, ceaseless wit… — Novalis
The mind which is created quick to love, is responsive to everything that is pleasing, soon as by pleasure it is awakened into activity. Your… — Dante Alighieri
...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness... — Christopher Paolini
For often I have wished to see a person again without realising that it was simply because that personal recalled to me a hedge of… — Marcel Proust
Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world.… — Veronica Roth
Love is only a feeling of curiousity more or less intense, grafted upon the inclination placed in us by nature that the species may be… — Giacomo Casanova
If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears. — Mary Balogh
She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy. — Ann Brashares
All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you… — Christopher Paolini
Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare. — Erin Morgenstern
I woke up this morning,” Gabriel said, “thinking of nothing more than rolling over and pulling you into my arms and kissing you again. Kissing:… — Eloisa James
Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart… — Edgar Allan Poe
A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. — David Gemmell
They'd never been lovers, of course, not in the physical sense. But they'd been lovers as most of us manage, loving through expressions and gestures… — Gregory Maguire
.. it makes sense that introverts are uniquely good at leading intiative-takers. Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of interest in… — Susan Cain
What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so… — Samuel Johnson
Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our… — Blaise Pascal
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. — Eustace Budgell
My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than… — Benazir Bhutto
The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built… — Michael Shermer
The spiritual quest is not some added benefit to our life, something you embark on if you have the time and inclination. We are spiritual… — John Bradshaw

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