"A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses……" — David O. McKay
"A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield."
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120 Quotes by David O. McKay
David O. McKay has 120 quotes on this site.
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One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite…
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Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of…
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Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing.…
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Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can…
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True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights,…
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True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain…
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What you think about when you don't think, shows who you really are.
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Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what…
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It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the…
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The first condition of happiness is a clear conscience.
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No greater responsibility can rest upon a man, than to be a teacher of God's children
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More Appetite Quotes
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one of 584 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to…
— Joseph Addison
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In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I…
— Steven Adler
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
— Eli Broad
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To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her…
— James Buchan
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
— Lord Byron
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My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working…
— Kim Cattrall
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.
— Emile M. Cioran
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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion.
— Steve Winwood
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The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.
— Marty Neumeier
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I thought that conclusion that we leaped to right after the election, that has been disproven statistically so many times,…
— Steve King
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