Urge Quotes

682 Urge quotes by 562 unique authors

The greatest cause of evil included all human motives in one giant paradox. Good and bad were so inextricably mixed that we couldn't make them… — Ernest Becker
Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil. — Ernest Becker
I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and… — Alexander McCall Smith
The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve… — Buzz Aldrin
Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but… — J. Oswald Sanders
Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously. — Nina Garcia
The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to feel important. — John Dewey
Many of the Huichols and North American peyotists claim that when one eats peyote, one is "tasting oneself: if the user is pure, this cactus… — Peter Stafford
I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of… — Eric Bana
In order to benefit; however, you must believe that life is plotting for you. We often resist this emerging impulse or this urge to emerge… — Derek Rydall
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger… — Plato
Some urge we do nothing because we can't be certain how bad the (climate) problem might become or they presume the worst effects are most… — John McCain
The love within us is meant to extend outward. The closer we grow to our inner light, we feel a natural urge to share it.… — Marianne Williamson
Whenever the urge to exercise comes upon me, I lie down for a while and it passes. — Robert M. Hutchins
I urge you to live within your means. One cannot spend more than one earns and remain solvent. I promise you that you will then… — Thomas S. Monson
No one should ever be afraid of failing; it's being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against. — Chrissie Wellington
Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the… — Bruce Lee
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow… — Wojciech Kurtyka
If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to unravel and accept… — Wojciech Kurtyka
And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on… — Richard J. Foster

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