Best 1214 quotes in «force quotes» category

By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force.

By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.

Can everybody contact the higher forces? No, not indeed; but they submit themselves to a discipline and this brings them success.

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.

Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.

Carrying a thought with dynamic will power means holding it until that thought pattern develops dynamic force. When a thought is made dynamic by will force, it can manifest according to the mental blueprint you have created.

Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law.

Certainly we must be strong, but strength is, to me, not just a force, but rather a vocabulary of many means

Chaos, the life force of the universe, is not human-hearted. Therefore the wizard cannot be human-hearted when he seeks to tap the force of the universe. He performs monstrous and arbitrary acts to loosen the hold of human limitations upon himself.

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.

Charlie Chaplin said something to the effect that humor is an act of defiance, that we must laugh in the face of our helplessness in the forces of nature or go insane. And where is he now? Dead.

Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force ... except occasionally.

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.

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.

Concepts become forces when they resist one another

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Culture is a slingshot moved by the force of its past

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

Curiosity urges you on-driving force.

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

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

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

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.

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.

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.

Diversity is a great force towards creativity.

Disunion by force is treason.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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