Impetus Quotes

Impetus Quote of the day

Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.

Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.

I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.

Yoga is not a new path to follow but a way to become conscious of the original impetus of life. Yoga is the movement and evolution of Life itself.

The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great.

It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.

By being with that individual, we are somehow provided with an impetus to become whole ourselves.

It is perhaps true that that sort of sexual energy wanes over time - as the original impetus loses its luster. And then, I suppose, it's on to the next thing. But eros is eternal, like joy.

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t.

This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.

It wasn't like, 'I'ma lose weight and start doing dramas.' I wanted to be healthier, and that was the impetus for wanting to lose weight - it's just about being healthy and feeling good.

How many students ... were rendered callous to ideas, and how many lost the impetus to learn because of the way in which learning was experienced by them?

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.

Serviceis love in action, love "made flesh"; service is the body, the incarnation of love. Love is the impetus, service the act, and creativity the result with many by-products.

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.

The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.

An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.

Without respect, the subtle alchemy that binds an organization or that serves as the impetus for a business transaction would dissolve into mutual suspicion and hostility.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It’s the impetus for creating change.

All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]

I'm not that interested in writing for myself. That's not where my impetus as a writer comes from.

Chris Christie won by such a wide margin that pundits say this will give him the impetus he needs to run for president. And he's got a new slogan: 'Put the oval in the Oval Office.'

The ends justify the means mindset has been the impetus behind many a cruel medical or social experiment.

There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

You speak what you believe, and you believe you’re doomed. If there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout the years, it’s that what you believe is the impetus for your entire life.

Through Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, we want to give impetus to Demand driven development model instead of Supply driven development model. Let the villages say what has to be done, and what not.

Part of the impetus for my writing is the pain I've seen my friends experience both in their marriage and in their dreams.

You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus to meditate.

Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education. [Lat., Virtus, etiamsi quosdam impetus a natura sumit, tamen perficienda doctrina est.]

The natural wish and impetus to feel oneself to be an individual, to be special, includes standing out more than anyone else.

Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus.

I'm always looking for things I imagine must exist, but don't - this is usually the impetus to create that thing myself.

I think initially the impetus for doing stuff yourself comes from your love of other music.

To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be drawn into serious question.

My reasons for becoming a chef are somewhat of a cliche. I always loved to eat but it was watching my parents cook that really served as the impetus for my career choice.

...[I]f I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die---and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.

They tell me to be quietWhen I’d rather cause a riotAnd have everyone screamingOut their eccentric meaning.