‘In order to lead a virtuous life, reason must shape our impulses and guide their expression in action.’.‘Most of the stuff I post on the site is the result of acting quickly on random impulses, and this was a case in point.’.‘He adds, ‘The impulse to hoard, along with selfishness generally, is in my view inherent in human nature.’’.
#IMPULSIVE FORCE DEFINITION SKIN#
‘His skin was almost translucent, and for a moment I longed to reach up and touch it, but I quickly pushed the impulse aside.’.‘People frequently say how much they really enjoy classical music or how they'd ‘really like to go to the symphony sometime’ but often fail to act on that impulse.’.‘He nodded, successfully resisting the sudden impulse to reach for her hand.’.‘Often, persons with low frustration tolerance experience a strong impulse to escape from, or avoid frustrating situations.’.‘At the same time, parenting skills are supposed to have improved as adults became better at mastering their own impulses and at developing strong emotional ties.’.‘High emotional tension can produce sudden impulses in your behavior that cause difficulties.’.‘If people are inherently bad, then their impulses, desires, and drives are inherently bad and must be resisted, controlled, or punished.’.‘Isn't the real problem indeed that such people lack the ability to control their irrational desires and impulses?’.‘I feel torn between two conflicting impulses - my desire to be taken seriously as an intellectual, and my desire to share with others the absurd things that delight me.’.
#IMPULSIVE FORCE DEFINITION FULL#
‘Driven by a mad impulse, I strolled up to the road in front of the cab, and stood before it.’.‘I had a sudden impulse to tell the woman pouring the wine that I loved her.’.‘Bergman wants to portray the powerful, often destructive desires and impulses lying beneath placid social exteriors.’.