Inclinations Quotes

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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their… — Teresa of Avila
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. — Francis Bacon
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts… — John Adams
Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is. — Martha Beck
Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them. — Pat Summitt
No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we will find the… — John Denver
Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand them. — Michel de Montaigne
I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until… — Michael Faraday
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not… — Mother Teresa
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies. — Ambrose
In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a… — C.S. Lewis
And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and so, as I… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in… — Thomas Traherne
A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up… — Tristan Jones
No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and… — David Hume
Patience means restraining one's inclinations. — Ieyasu Tokugawa
The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions:… — Ieyasu Tokugawa
I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. — Mary Wortley Montagu

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