Inclinations Quotes

94 Inclinations quotes by 85 unique authors

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one… — Clyde Tombaugh
In those days I had various strong inclinations, for wine, gambling and cockfighting, and the society of gypsies, together with a passion for theological discussion… — Isak Dinesen
I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned. — Kristin Hersh
But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil and… — Michel de Montaigne
To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations. — William Penn
Things have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never presents itself… — Blaise Pascal
But the fundamentalists, the "creationists," seize upon these vacancies in the scientific hotel to pack the conferences with their delegates. They see the opening-creativity is… — Ken Wilber
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations. — Aulus Persius Flaccus
The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love; to which inclinations… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations. — Erwin W. Lutzer
There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and… — Cass Sunstein
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each… — Xunzi
One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn… — Jim Rohn
Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. — W. Somerset Maugham
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and… — Emile M. Cioran
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
Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’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

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