Urge Quotes
682 quotes by 562 authors
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Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its…
— James C. Collins
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Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by an…
— Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
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With all the strength of my soul I urge you young people to approach the Communion table as often as you can. Feed on this…
— Pier Giorgio Frassati
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Diversity...is not casual liberal tolerance of anything not yourself. It is not polite accommodation. Instead, diversity is, in action, the sometimes painful awareness that other…
— William Merritt Chase
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Thus I urge you to go onto your greatness if you believe it is in you. Think deeply and separate what you wish from what…
— Percy Cerutty
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When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards…
— Pope John Paul II
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God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness.
— Kenneth Myers
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Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all…
— George Plimpton
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Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring, Grave as the urge within the honeybuds, It wounds us as we sing. Beauty is joy that stays not…
— Unknown Author
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I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green…
— Leonardo DiCaprio
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Anyone who says that life matters less to an animal than it does to us has not held in his hands an animal fighting for…
— J M Coetzee
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As the young leaders of tomorrow, you have the passion and energy and commitment to make a difference. What I'd like to really urge you…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between people. And that's…
— John Green
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No compulsion in the world is stronger than the urge to edit someone else's document.
— H.G. Wells
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Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police…
— Stephen King
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For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical…
— Bill Bryson
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The urge to create, the urge to photograph, comes in part from the deep desire to live with more integrity, to live more in peace…
— Wynn Bullock
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To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the…
— Albert Einstein
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Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others…
— Mother Teresa
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