Quotes About Impel

Man's condition ought to impel him to seek to discover whether there is a God and a solution to his predicament. But people occupy their time and their thoughts with trivialities and distractions, so as to avoid the despair, boredom, and anxiety that would inevitably result if those diversions were removed.

Momentum fuels motivation.

20. Oblígame (Make Me)

To teach is to touch the heart and impel it to action.

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.

Oh seize the instant time; you never will With water once passed by impel the mill.

While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.

DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

To her, each shot seemed to impel him forward, the reverse of her desire; and for him, the closer he got to her, the more she shot him.

God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.

I believe also that often the Evil One works through second causes. And I know that he can impel his victims to do evil in such a way that the blame falls on a righteous man, and the Evil One rejoices then as the righteous man is burned in the place of his succubus.