Force Quotes · Page 56

Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

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

— Slavoj Žižek

“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the…

— Hillary DePiano

Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the…

— Eric Maisel

The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything.

— Laurie Penny

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

— Joichi Ito

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him.

— William Shakespeare

There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast…

— Suzanne Fields

I grew up moving around because my dad was in the Air Force - I think this has carried over into my…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading…

— Stephen King

Dance, like music, knows no geographical boundaries, no linguistic barriers and no racial divisions. All walls crumble where art is concerned. It…

— Vempati Chinna Satyam

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the…

— Arthur Erickson

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

— Rajneesh

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on…

— Jane Fonda

I loved living with my parents - that's probably why I did it for so long. But it was almost too easy…

— King Tuff

Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure…

— Camille Paglia

Within the new self-help books for women, patriarachy and male domination are rarely identified as forces that lead to the oppression, exploitation,…

— Bell Hooks

I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any…

— Dalai Lama

Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think,…

— May Sarton

Perhaps that is nearly the perfection of good writing which is original, but whose truth alone prevents the reader from suspecting that…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There is an arc of spontaneous revolts, beautiful in their creative beginnings, which traverses boundaries and borders and creates new solidarities and…

— Nigel Gibson

Jack Force was more than she had ever dared wish for, and he was better than a dream or a fantasy because…

— Anonymous

Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It…

— Peter Block

Faith is a creative force. When we operate by faith, we employ the creative power of God.

— Phil Pringle

Fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

— Marjane Satrapi

I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic…

— Eric Whitacre

Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

— Irving Chernev

What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.

— Benjamin Peirce

The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions.

— David Allen

I should have blown this mic like I said I might Got the force of 20 men like a Jedi Knight.

— Kwame

I love boxing. There's something fierce about using your body's force that way.

— Sophia Bush

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

— Dwyane Wade

Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the force of the soul. The spirit sports with time.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces…

— Beck

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.

— Albert Einstein

I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to…

— Oprah Winfrey

Let us not forget the genial miraculous force we have known to proceed from a book.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every time I catch the ball, I'm seeing a lot of bodies. The key for me is not to force.

— Paul Millsap

In spreading his ideas, Plato was willing to employ emotional appeals, state propaganda, and the use of force.

— Bertrand Russell