Force Quotes

With plants, persuasion is better than force.

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.

To attain our aim we should stop at nothing even if we must join forces with the devil.

In the instant of our first breath, we are infused with the single greatest force in the universe--the power to translate the possibilities of our minds into the reality of our world.

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it.

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses...

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

Theology is a part of our lives. It's unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.

Thought is a force - a manifestation of energy - having a magnet-like power of attraction.

Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception.

Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.

Let no man posture as an advocate of peace if he proposes or supports any social system that initiates the use of force against individual men, in any form.

It isn't those who are taken by force, put in chains, and sold as slaves who are the real slaves; it is those who will accept it, morally and physically.

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Every regret, every mournful thought, takes so much out of your life. It is force used to pile on more misery.

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

Heaven is His choice for you. But He won't force you to go there if you don't want to.

Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles.

It is not that people are evil or greedy. The conditions that socially support the system force us to behave in socially offensive ways.

Design is both a political and cultural force for change, although most designers choose not to think about the power it has.

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.

My hands were too soft.. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

Modern culture is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the gospel

The living Word is able to destroy Satanic forces.

Why will you take by force what you may have quietly by love?

People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.

Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.

In a disparate world, children are a unifying force capable of bringing us all together in support of a common ethic.

Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.

Now that knowledge is taking the place of capital as the driving force in organizations worldwide, it is all too easy to confuse data with knowledge and information technology with information.

It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

Dreams are not easy. Dreams are painful. They force work and commitment. They are challenging and motivating.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in theirown despair. . . .

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

The use of force, including beatings, undoubtedly has brought about the impact we wanted - strengthening the [occupied] population's fear of the Israeli Defense Forces.

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

Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality.

There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.

Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.

Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.

I think everything happens as it's supposed to. I don't want to force anything. I want it to be so authentic that it's seamless.

The more and more each is impelled by that which is intuitive, or the relying upon the soul force within, the greater, the farther, the deeper, the broader, the more constructive may be the result.

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.