Best 1214 quotes in «force quotes» category

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

The accounts that history presents have to be paid. Past has to be reconciled with present in the life of a nation. History is an insistent force: the past is what put us where we are. the past cannot be put behind until it is settled with.

The affirmative class monopolize the homage of mankind. They originate and execute all the great feats. What a force was coiled upin the skull of Napoleon!

The alternation of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.

The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam's regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.

The appeal to force is the abandonment of reason.

The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.

The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.

The bars could not hold me. Force could not control me. They tried to keep me down, but Jah put I around. Yes, I've been accused. Wrongly abused. But through the powers of the Most High, they've got to turn me loose.

The beauty of periodic rebalancing is that it forces you to base your investing decisions on a simple, objective standard.

The Bhagavadgita is a gospel of non-co-operation between the forces of darkness and those of light.

The Bible was so revolutionary and against all that came before it. It was a force for siding with the oppressed and a rebellion against hierarchical, ancient societies. Now it's institutionalized and all the life has been sucked out of it.

The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

The conclusion, therefore, is that there are two major forces in society: love, which multiplies the species, and the nose, which subordinates it to the individual. Procreation, equilibrium.

The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the line that separates in from out - and on the shapes that are created by it.

The evil was not in either ideal; the evil was in the attempt to impose that ideal by force upon others.

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that's where a Formula One car is at its best - changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.

The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit.

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.

The force of character is cumulative.

The force of love, the force of reunion is unstoppable.

The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.

the force of love will change your life so fast that you will scarcely believe it!

The force of universalism is in you Basques, not in the Spanish state.

The Force- always may it be with you.

The force fields of nature are force fields of consciousness. They are force fields of knowledge.

The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.

The force of union conquers all.

The forces of internationalism, humanism and solidarity will have to be victorious, or soon there will be nothing left of the human race.

The future isn't just something that happens. It's a brutal force, with a great sense of humor, that'll steamroll you if you're not watching.

The Gods are but names for the forces of Nature themselves.

The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended.

The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.

The Greek epigram intimates that the force of love is not shown by the courting of beauty, but where the like desire is inflamed for one who is ill-favored.

The great are strongest when they stand alone, A God-given might of being is their force.

The greatest misfortune that can come to a human being is to lose his inner peace. No outer force can rob him of it. It is his own thoughts, his own actions, that rob him of it.

The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the impressions of a personal vital force, that acts spontaneously, without fear or hesitation.

The great universe is filled with an abundance of all things, filled to overflowing. All there is, is in her, waiting only for the touch of the right forces to cast them forth.

The hard part about living in the present is it forces you to abandon hope for the future. Thanks for nothing, now.

The heart is everywhere, and each part of the organism is only the specialized force of the heart itself.

The forces by which the workers are kept in subjugation must be retaliated by force.