Best 1214 quotes in «force quotes» category

Cleverness without wisdom: the most destructive force on Earth.

Clearly the American military has been a force for good for the United States. There's a reason we have a standing military. But there's something to be said for having a much smaller military because then we wouldn't be tempted to get involved in things we shouldn't be getting involved in.

Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

Coercion. The unpardonable crime.

Colors are forces, radiant energies that affect us positively or negatively, whether we are aware of it or not.

Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force.

Coming to life as classics, they come to life as other than themselves; they are deprived of their antagonistic force, of the estrangement which was the very dimension of their truth.

Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity.

Concepts become forces when they resist one another

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.

Conservatives truly love America and support the armed forces, while liberals are unpatriotic draft dodgers.

Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the world.

Conversion is not only changing the faith. Conversion is changing the heart and working over there is the grace of God. Then only comes the question of change of faith. Nobody can force you, not even the holy prophets.

Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few.

Creativity is a powerful force for anyone attempting to heal themselves.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Culture is a slingshot moved by the force of its past

Curiosity urges you on-driving force.

Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.

Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Deny my individuality and I become an animal, mute, a mere creature of all the forces that act upon me.

Discretion prevented me from saying that I thought she was a fiend from the underworld and that mountain lions couldn't force me to enter her service.

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.

Disunion by force is treason.

Donald Trump is not talking about a deportation force. But he`s talking about being fair and humane.

Do not be proud just because you have brute force, because an animal has brute force too! Either you be proud with your intellect and with your thoughts or be silent and sit down!

Diversity is a great force towards creativity.

Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases of U.S. Treasuries.

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.

Don't force it... get a bigger hammer.

Don't force anything. Let life be a deep let go.

Don't force yourself to go party if you're not in the mood.

Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it.

Don't rush or force the ending. All you have to know is the next scene, or the next few scenes.

Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history.

Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out.

Each person is born with an infinite power, against which no earthly force is of the slightest significance.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

Education is a slow moving but powerful force

Eating at home is fine, as I can easily work around the foods that don't agree with me and still eat heartily with the rest of my family. I don't force them to follow my diet.

Education is the motor-force of revolution.

Electricity and magnetism are those forces of nature by which people who know nothing about electricity and magnetism can explain everything.

Endurance must conquer, where force could not reach.

Embellishment is an irresistible and consuming impulse, going back to the beginnings of human history. ... Probably the strongest motivating force is the simplest: the inability of almost everyone to ever leave well enough alone.

Empires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within.

Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth.