Definition of Impulse

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Impulse

The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.

The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.

The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.

A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will.

To impel; to incite.

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Impulse Quotations

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham Lincoln

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Helen Keller

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.
Abraham Maslow

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.
Abraham Maslow

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
Jane Austen

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong.
John Steinbeck

Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.
Robert Collier

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
Rabindranath Tagore

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.
Richard Branson

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.
Aldous Huxley

Impulse Translations

impulse in Dutch is aandrift, drang, impuls, aandrang
impulse in French is impulsion, incitation
impulse in Latin is pulsus
impulse in Norwegian is tilskyndelse, impuls, innfall
impulse in Portuguese is impulso
impulse in Spanish is instinto, impulso
impulse in Swedish is impuls, ingivelse

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