Inclination Quotes

221 Inclination quotes by 188 unique authors

I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would… — Samuel Johnson
For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the… — George Washington
There is an element of paranoia in this inclination to view any serious attempt at a compromised peace as somehow directed against Israel. — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never… — Petrarch
Cure yourself of the inclination to bother about how you look to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the idea God has… — Miguel de Unamuno
Americans are willing to go to enormous trouble and expense defending their principles with arms, very little trouble and expense advocating them with words. Temperamentally… — Elwyn Brooks White
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. — Gautama Buddha
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of… — Emile Durkheim
The good designer aims at a perfect fusion of the various considerations which enter into his design. He aims at an untortured unity-a direct whole.… — Leo Lionni
I will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn; but to be… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who has forbidden women to engage in private and individual studies? Have they not a rational soul as men do?...I have this inclination to study… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there,… — Evangelista Torricelli
... I have no idea who's steering, and I don't really care .. I just keep going whatever the inclination is ... there are threads… — Neil Young
The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason,… — Joseph Addison
There is good reason to make our decision now to serve the Lord. On this Sunday morning, when the complications and temptations of life are… — Howard W. Hunter
The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to… — Gregory Maguire
Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it. — J I Packer
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination. — J C Ryle
A military life has ever comported with my inclination. — George Stoneman
At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math. — William Standish Knowles

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