Inclinations Quotes (7 quotes)

“In following your inclinations and moving toward mastery, you make a great contribution to society, enriching it with discoveries and insights, and making the most of the diversity in nature and among human society.”
― Robert Greene, Mastery

tags: diversity, inclinations, societal-contribution

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“The only men ruthless enough to fight against tyranny were themselves inclined to it.”
― Susan Wise Bauer, The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

tags: fight, inclination, inclinations, ruthless, ruthlessness, tyranny

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“Moments later, I was climbing nervously into the back of the car. The driver wore the archetypal expression of an antagonist. No words were exchanged beyond the brief lines uttered to this nameless stranger, whose inclinations remained unclear. The car sped along empty roads and traversed dingy alleyways. Music blared from its speakers. I did not remember exhaling throughout the entire journey.”
― Agnes Chew, The Desire for Elsewhere

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“The inclinations of our will determine the types actions that we choose.”
― S J Contreras, The Becoming of Anton the Spider - Volume One (Gold Edition): Volume One (Gold Edition)

tags: becoming-quotes, cause-and-effect, contrarian, inclinations, inspirational-quotes, philosophy-quotes, the-will, wisdom-quotes

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“When i was a child, i liked tasting any candy i happened to see, but as i grew older, i realized those are a great meal to the worms in my innards. Will you shun old habits or nay? That's the question.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

tags: age, boy, candy, child, children, elder, growing, growth, habit, habits, inclinations, innards, meal, michael-bassey-johnson, old, old-habits, older, sweets, worm

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“The will is the energy that strengthens our inclinations and empowers our convictions.”
― S J Contreras, The Becoming of Anton the Spider - Volume One (Gold Edition): Volume One (Gold Edition)

tags: inclinations, inspirational-quotes, personal-development, strength-quotes, the-will, will-power-quotes

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“We constantly struggle with right and wrong. We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to be. We have a lot of practice wrestling with ourselves. As a result, compared to magical creatures, we humans are much more able to suppress our natural inclinations in order to deliberately choose our identities.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven No. 2: Grip of the Shadow Plague; Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

tags: human-nature, inclinations

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