Quotes about Impulse

Never resist a generous impulse.

Libido, or concupiscence, a tending toward certain things in defiance of rational restraint.

We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.

How intolerant it is not to permit men to cherish an impulse towards what is in their eyes congenial and advantageous! Yet in a sense thou withholdest from them the right to do this, when thou resentest their wrong-doing. For they are undoubtedly drawn to what they deem congenial and advantageous. But they are mistaken. Well, then, teach and enlighten them without any resentment.

Kick in the door, and what did I tell you? Caught in the act, sinfully Scrabbling. Quick, eat those words.

Kick in the door, and what did I tell you? Caught in the act, sinfully Scrabbling. Quick, eat those words.

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?

A character at unity with itself —that performs what it intends, subdues every counteracting impulse, and has no visions beyond the distinctly possible —is strong by its very negations.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes; chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.