Prompted Quotes

70 quotes by 63 authors

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian. — Lee Strobel
All human activity is prompted by desire. — Bertrand Russell
Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. — Leonardo da Vinci
We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and… — Samuel Johnson
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just… — James Madison
This morning, prompted by increasing concerns about terrorism, oil prices reached a record high as the cost of a barrel of crude is a whopping… — Jon Stewart
Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict. — Kofi Annan
To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the… — Barack Obama
. . . we will never be prompted by the Holy Ghost to do something we cannot do. It may require extraordinary effort and much… — Richard G. Scott
Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi… — Pope Benedict XVI
In a 'wheat and tares' world, how unusually blessed faithful members are to have the precious and constant gift of the Holy Ghost with reminders… — Neal A. Maxwell
But what about you? Have you prayed about your own ancestorsâ€™ work? Set aside those things in your life that donâ€™t really matter. Decide to… — Richard G. Scott
All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for… — Charles Brockden Brown
The autobiographical self has prompted extended memory, reasoning, imagination, creativity and language. And out of that came the instruments of culture - religions, justice, trade,… — Antonio Damasio
I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and… — Janos Kadar
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my… — Thomas Francis Meagher
After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon… — Abbe Pierre
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. — Horace
In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it. — Tahir Shah
Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours. — Robert Ardrey

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