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• The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve or decline. They explore or expire. . . . Beyond all rationales, space flight is a spiritual quest in the broadest sense, one promising a revitalization of humanity and a rebirth of hope no less profound than the great opening out of mind and spirit at the dawn of our modern age.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Spiritual, Land, Space Flight

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• They have no power over you. It's all a show, a deception. Your urges scream and bluster at you; they cajole; they coax; they threaten; but they really carry no stick at all. You give in out of habit. You give in because you never really bother to look beyond the threat. It is all empty back there. There is only one way to learn this lesson, though. The words on this page won't do it.

  Henepola Gunaratana

  Discipline, Giving, Over You

  Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too much; the same master rebukes him.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Freedom, Men, America

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• This gives the agents of the gods a powerful area of support. All they need to do is to remind their followers constantly of their mortality and to convince them that the afterlife itself is under the personal management of the particular gods they are promoting. The self-protective urges of their worshippers will do the rest.

  Desmond Morris

  Powerful, Self, Afterlife

  Desmond Morris (1977). “Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior”

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• Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Motivation, Ambition

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.13, Moody Publishers

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• It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Strong, Fear, Men

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.

  Nina Garcia

  Done, Helping, Shops

  Nina Garcia (2009). “The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart”, p.17, Harper Collins

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• The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to feel important.

  John Dewey

  Important, Desire, Human Nature

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• Many of the Huichols and North American peyotists claim that when one eats peyote, one is "tasting oneself: if the user is pure, this cactus is "sweet." Barbara Myerhoff, accompanying the Huichols during their 1965 and 1966 hunts, recorded that they urge new participants to "Chew it well. It is sweet, like tortillas.

  Peter Stafford

  Sweet, Cactus, Peyote

  Peter Stafford (2013). “Psychedelics Encyclopedia”, p.133, Ronin Publishing

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• I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.

  Eric Bana

  Opposites, Ideas, People

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 29, 2009.

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• In order to benefit; however, you must believe that life is plotting for you. We often resist this emerging impulse or this urge to emerge because we are afraid of change, right? To the ego, change is equivalent to danger or death. But when we deny this evolutionary call, it causes an inner pressure that must find an outlet, sometimes in destructive ways. And this can break out as disease, financial collapse, or relationship meltdown.

  Derek Rydall

  Believe, Order, Ego

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• The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.

  Plato

  Love, Needs, Hunger And Thirst

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• Some urge we do nothing because we can't be certain how bad the (climate) problem might become or they presume the worst effects are most likely to occur in our grandchildren's lifetime. I'm a proud conservative, and I reject that kind of live-for-today, 'me generation,' attitude. It is unworthy of us and incompatible with our reputation as visionaries and problem solvers. Americans have never feared change. We make change work for us.

  John McCain

  Attitude, Grandchildren, Live For Today

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• The love within us is meant to extend outward. The closer we grow to our inner light, we feel a natural urge to share it. We all long for meaningful work, some creative endeavor that will be our ministry, by which the energies within us might flow out to help heal the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Meaningful, Light, Long

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• Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.

  Maya Angelou

  Stars, Powerful, Love Is

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• Emotional turmoil can be a powerful catalyst to reconnect us with our divine nature. It propels us into a journey of self discovery and urges us to learn how to love and accept our entire being.

  Debbie Ford

  Powerful, Emotional, Journey

  Debbie Ford (2009). “Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Whenever the urge to exercise comes upon me, I lie down for a while and it passes.

  Robert M. Hutchins

  Lying, Exercise

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• Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

  Carrie Fisher

  Work, Special, Purpose

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• I urge you to live within your means. One cannot spend more than one earns and remain solvent. I promise you that you will then be happier than you would be if you were constantly worrying about how to make the next payment on nonessential debt.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Mean, Worry, Promise

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• No one should ever be afraid of failing; it's being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.

  Chrissie Wellington

  Giving, Trying, Failing

  Chrissie Wellington (2012). “A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey”, p.208, Hachette UK

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• Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.

  Bruce Lee

  Exercise, Mind, Needs

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• Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself.

  Wojciech Kurtyka

  Sports, Art, Inspiration

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• If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to unravel and accept their mysteries.

  Wojciech Kurtyka

  Spiritual, Climbing, Mountain

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• And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. For now, do not worry about "proper" praying, just talk to God.

  Richard J. Foster

  Prayer, Worry, Ongoing

  Richard J. Foster (2009). “Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition: Finding the Heart's True Home”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Struggle, Writing, Overwhelming Urge

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.2993, e-artnow

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