Mainspring Quotes

25 quotes by 22 authors

There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is… — Charles Caleb Colton
This movement among the Jews is not new... this worldwide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis… — Winston Churchill
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a… — Frederic Bastiat
This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron. — Samuel Smiles
If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living… — Eugene V. Debs
The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely… — Ernest Becker
The mainspring of creativity appears to be the same tendency which we discover so deeply as the curative force in psychotherapy, man's tendency to actualize… — Carl Rogers
Challenge is the core and the mainspring of all human activity. If there's an ocean, we cross it; if there's a disease, we cure it;… — James Ramsey Ullman
God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less than the large… — John Mason Brown
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. — Max Beerbohm
Hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson
Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity… — Ronald Reagan
All is egotism. The only people whose mainspring is not egotism are the dead and perhaps idiots. — Miles Franklin
Very often the effort men put into activities that seem completely useless turns out to be extremely important in ways no one could foresee. Play… — Italo Calvino
The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and is the mainspring… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
Resistance to revelation, resistance to becoming conscious of all that dwells within us - high and low, light and dark - is the anti-change factor.… — Guy Finley
While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. — Clarence Day
The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the… — Marquis de Sade

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