Inclination Quotes. C.N. Douglas, comp. 1917. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical

C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Inclination


In this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power. Chapin.	1
Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life. Dr. Johnson.	2
There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions. Crabbe.	3
Almost every one has a predominant inclination, to which his other desires and affections submit, and which governs him, though perhaps with some intervals, through the whole course of his life. Hume.	4
From the very first instances of perception, some things are grateful and others unwelcome to us; some things we incline to, and others we fly. Locke.	5
Every one follows the inclinations of his own nature. Propertius.	6
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice. Plautus.	7