#impels

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

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The expansion of the market creates a need for enhanced and more regular supply, and this in turn impels commercial capital to acquire control of production as well. ↗

— Rudolf Hiferding

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