Quotes About Instinct

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.

Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels.... Such is the real nature of horses.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.

Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.

Habit is a second nature.

Motherly love - putting the care of children before every other consideration - is the ultimate intelligence of nature.

Custom is almost a second nature.

The policy of man consists, at first, in endeavoring to arrive at a state equal to that of animals, whom nature has furnished with food, clothing, and shelter.

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

Drive away what springs from nature; it returns at a gallop.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.

deception and 'con games' are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability to deceive - and to detect deception - are less apt to survive.

What we call human nature, is actually human habit.

We all have our essential nature. If you're good with numbers, you don't even know you're good with numbers because that's how your mind works.

Necessity is a guardian in Nature.

But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?' It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.

I weirdly feel very natural, in the physicality that comes my way, whether it's guns, cars or whatever. For some reason, it's second nature to me.

understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.

We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction.

Human Nature Baby, grab it and growl.

For me it comes down to one thing: I'm trying to follow my own nature.