Prompts Quotes

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Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you… — Samuel Johnson
The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended… — Samuel Johnson
The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show… — Alexis de Tocqueville
A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of… — John of the Cross
Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor. — Tony Dungy
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. — Miguel de Cervantes
You can be affected by a person because of something particular they said or did but sometimes how a person was, a manner of being,… — Chang-Rae Lee
Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to… — Mercy Otis Warren
Nature [has] implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which prompts us irresistibly… — Thomas Jefferson
True happiness comes only by making others happyâ€”the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas… — David O. McKay
It doesnâ€™t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. Itâ€™s… — Mary Beard
The key [to sharing the gospel] is that you be inspired of God, that you ask Him for direction and then go and do as… — M. Russell Ballard
Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic. — David Berlinski
He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already… — William Kingdon Clifford
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes… — Reinhold Niebuhr
When we are fully mindful of the transience of things - an impending return home from an overseas adventure, a graduation, our child boarding the… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. — Gary Blair
The generation is unceasing. Beauty, as both Platoâ€™s Symposium and everyday life confirm, prompts the begetting of children: when the eye sees someone beautiful, the… — Elaine Scarry
Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him; to invest a part… — Neville Chamberlain
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways. — Francesco Guicciardini

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