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Instinct

«The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.»
«When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.»
«With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper»
«Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.»
«There is no instinct like that of the heart.»
Author: Lord Byron | About: Instinct | Keywords: instinct
«The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach»
«Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'»
«Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway»
«The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.»
«Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason»

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