Bent Quote by Charlotte Bronte

“It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done, I know…

— Charlotte Brontë

We can and do control the direction of our own evolution.

— Jasmuheen

Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it.

— Lady Hester Stanhope

We can't control forces of nature. But we can control what comes afterward. We have a chance to start fresh.

— George W. P. Hunt

One of the great sophistries of our age, I think, is that merely because one has an inclination to do something, that therefore acting…

— Lance B. Wickman

I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary,…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by…

— Louis Agassiz

Nature pulls one way and human nature another.

— E. M. Forster

Nature has a surer plan than mortals can devise.

— Janet Morris

Life is not controlled by the forces of nature....it is only manipulated by the decisions we make...either good or bad

— Anonymous

If a process or adaptation seems too smart for nature, that's a failure of your imagination, not the hand of God. I can make…

— Kyle Hill

The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did their part.…

— Marcus Aurelius