Impulse quotes and words of wisdom

"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."
David Oman McKay


"Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
Friedrich Nietzsche


"TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose."
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce


"The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitable confines himself within ancient limits."
Nathaniel Hawthorne


Interesting Quotes

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.John Kenneth Galbraith - US (Canadian-born) administrator & economist (1908 - )

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.Henry Louis Mencken