Prompts Quotes

• It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

  Lee Strobel

  Faith, Christian, Atheist

  Twitter post from Mar 20, 2017

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• Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Urgent

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.229

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• The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Voice, Feelings

  Mahatma Gandhi (1972). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice of the latter.

  George Washington

  Happiness, Practice, Moral

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral and Religious”, p.308

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• 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.

  Alexander Pope

  Happiness, Gratitude, Appreciation

  'An Essay on Man' Epistle 4 (1734) l. 1

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• Quotes are like prompts. A way of searching, connecting the dots.

  Masha Tupitsyn

  Dots, Way, Connecting

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• For the most part, I do the thing which my own nature prompts me to do. It is embarrassing to earn so much respect and love for it.

  Albert Einstein

  Humility, And Love, Love And Respect

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• The purest lesson our era has taught is that man, at his highest, is an individual, single, isolate, alone, in direct soul-communication with the unknown God, which prompts within him.

  D. H. Lawrence

  God, Communication, Men

  D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.2907, Delphi Classics

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• It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.

  Elizabeth Proctor

  Wife, Crucible, Needs

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• We need to be kinder with one another, more gentle and forgiving. We need to be slower to anger and more prompt to help. We need to extend the hand of friendship and resist the hand of retribution. In short, we need to love one another with the pure love of Christ, with genuine charity and compassion and, if necessary, shared suffering, for that is the way God loves us.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Compassion, Hands, Forgiving

  Howard W. Hunter (1994). “That We Might Have Joy”, Shadow Mountain

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• For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad: she was in a very relaxed, understanding environment. I was very sympathetic towards her.

  Jung Chang

  Mother, Travel, Heart

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• Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life and energy.

  William Alcott

  Procrastination, Character, Giving

  William Andrus ALCOTT (1846). “The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence ... Tenth Stereotype Edition”, p.127

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• Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

  Walter Scott

  Inspirational, Motivation, Real

  Walter Scott (1875). “Waverley Novels: Peveril of the Peak”, p.79

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• The sinful actions of men may be sinful, either from the motives which prompt them, the ends in view, or the means by which they are accomplished. God may concur in such acts, from motives, with ends, and in the use of means which are altogether most holy

  James Petigru Boyce

  Mean, Men, Views

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• Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Decision

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.15, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• 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.

  Samuel Johnson

  Friendship, Pain, Kindness

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 115 (May 1781)

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• In Serbia's case, the unresolved accountability for the Bytyqi brothers massacre needs to be resolved. And we would urge you to give this matter prompt and immediate attention to bring those responsible to justice for this tragedy.

  Ben Cardin

  Brother, Giving, Justice

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• I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an open-ended process, we are not in this just to talk for talk's sake. . . . We expect prompt, concrete steps to be taken over the next couple of weeks.

  Barack Obama

  Couple, Taken, Thinking

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• 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.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Art, Work, Character

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• It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

  Charles Simmons

  Evil, Wells, Decided

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• I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs
  By the known rules of ancient liberty,
  When straight a barbarous noise environs me
  Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs.

  John Milton

  Dog, Owl, Age

  'Sonnet' 12 'I did but prompt the age' (1673)

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• The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen has made nebbish guys cool; he makes people assume there is something profound about having a relationship based on witty conversation and intellectual discourse. There isn't. It's just another gimmick, and it's no different than wanting to be with someone because they're thin or rich or the former lead singer of Whiskeytown.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Witty, Media, People

  Chuck Klosterman (2004). “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others may choose to do evil deeds and God's people may suffer in the short term, but He will transform the evil intentions of evil people into opportunities for the enrichment of those in His care.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Opportunity, Evil People, Suffering

  Charles R. Swindoll (2009). “Jesus: The Greatest Life of All”, p.250, Thomas Nelson

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• The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards of justice and of right dealing.... By justice the lawyer generally means the prompt, fair, and open application of impartial rules; but we call ours a Christian civilization, and a Christian conception of justice must be much higher. It must include sympathy and helpfulness and a willingness to forego self-interest in order to promote the welfare, happiness, and contentment of others and of the community as a whole.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Christian, Mean, Men

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• I've started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas.

  Nina Conti

  Running, Ideas, Three

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