Quotes on Force

What we are witnessing at the moment is a rearrangement of the world in an intermediate stage; the change is not in the use of a natural force but in the application of technique to all spheres of life.

When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they're gay and it's horrible.

What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart.

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.

When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.

Everyone on this planet has spirit within them as an all powerful force for good.

Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our vitality is rooted in our integrity. When we do not live in one piece, our life force becomes divided. Becoming separated from our authentic values may weaken us.

We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights, and provide for certain common needs ... A state on the other hand, is a coercive organization asserting or enjoying a monopoly over the use of physical force in some geographic area and exercising power over its subjects.

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood.

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

Each of us lives within the universe - the prison - of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers, in groups uniquely adapted to sample the energetic states of the world around us: heat, light, force, and chemical composition. That is all we ever know of it directly; all else is logical inference.

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international revolutionary forces.

The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us.

You cannot force meditation, you can only create the situation. And if the situation is created rightly, then meditation happens automatically.

The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.