impulse (n.)
- actuation
- archetype
- automatism
- catalyst
- compulsion
- compulsiveness
- conditioning
- constraint
- drive
- echolalia
- excitant
- exigency
- forwardness
- goad
- haste
- hastiness
- horsepower
- id
- impetus
- impulsion
- impulsiveness
- incentive
- incitation
- incitement
- instinct
- involuntariness
- libido
- lust
- manpower
- motivation
- passion
- pinch
- precipitation
- precociousness
- precocity
- prematureness
- prematurity
- press
- pressure
- propulsion
- push
- rush
- spur
- stimulant
- stress
- thrust
- untimeliness
- urge
- urgency
One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.
I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse,—borne away with every breath!