He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart.
He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart.
When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.
Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him to invest a part of his earnings to spend wisely and well to save, but not hoard.
I never sued to friend nor enemy;
My tongue could never learn sweet smoothing word;
But, now thy beauty is propos'd my fee,
My proud heart sues, and prompts my tongue to speak.
O happiness our being's end and aim Good, pleasure, ease, content whate'er thy name That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie.
Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods.
Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.
Baffled but not dishearten'd she took flight
Scheming new tactics: Love came home with me,
And prompts my measured verses as I write.
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories