Urge Quotes

682 Urge quotes by 562 unique authors

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others… — Arthur Ashe
To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority… — Alfred Adler
Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion… — David Bohm
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. — Paul D. Boyer
We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of Iraq in making… — Dick Cheney
We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster. — Deepak Chopra
I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of… — Kofi Annan
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to… — Susan B. Anthony
Much thought has at its root a dissatisfaction with what is. Wanting is the urge for the next moment to contain what this moment does… — Stephen Levine
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is… — Phyllis Diller
The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal immigration.... We recommend… — Barbara Jordan
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the… — William Lloyd Garrison
Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings... The books are also a part of what I… — Aberjhani
Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a… — Michel de Montaigne
All things are sold: the very light of heaven is venal; earth's unsparing gifts of love, the smallest and most despicable things that lurk in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
At birth, the child leaves a person - his mother's womb - and this makes him independent of her bodily functions. The baby is next… — Maria Montessori
Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious… — Maria Montessori
What is this self-inside us, this silent observer, severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, and urge us onto futile activity, and in the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and serious things not… — Christian Morgenstern
To find the gifts we have been given, we must pray and fast. Often Patriarchal blessings tell us the gifts we have received and declare… — Robert D. Hales
Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray… — George S. Patton
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil. — Heywood Hale Broun
All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There's something in us that is very much attracted to madness. Everyone who looks off the edge of a tall building has felt at least… — Stephen King
The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all his… — Muhammad Asad

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