Inclinations Quotes

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As our inclinations, so our opinions. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To regulate something always requires two opposing factors. You cannot regulate by a single factor. To give an example, the traffic in the streets could… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Firmly believe that the Lord is at all times everything to you. During prayer He is the power and the fulfillment in the Holy Spirit… — John of Kronstadt
...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting strife… — John of Damascus
We must not indulge our inclinations, as we do little children, till they grow weary of the thing they are unwilling to let go. We… — Henry Scougal
Have a good physical outlet of some sport or exercise. Overcome evil with good. You can overcome many evil inclinations through good physical exertion and… — Ezra Taft Benson
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how little he alludes… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Manâ€™s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen manâ€™s inclinations are always and invariably away from God. — R C Sproul
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 way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by… — William Penn
The impulses of my heart are the voice of Nature, which is never mistaken. The institutions that stand in my way are man-made and are… — Frederic Bastiat
When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom… — Alexander Hamilton
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations. — Moliere
You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh.… — Martin Luther
Hail! the small courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty, which beget inclinations to love at… — Laurence Sterne
It is not entirely true that a TV producer or reporter has complete control over the contents of programs. The interests and inclinations of the… — Neil Postman
[Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it may jar against… — Thomas Huxley
It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the people, but they ought to take great care that they… — Edmund Burke
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits, organised in some… — Anthony Giddens
The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to… — Ali Khamenei

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