Cannot Force Quotes

38 quotes by 30 authors

You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it. — Confucius
Mind is elusive, you cannot hold it in your hand. You cannot force it into a test-tube. The only way to know it is to… — Rajneesh
You cannot force meditation, you can only create the situation. And if the situation is created rightly, then meditation happens automatically. — Rajneesh
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. — William Hazlitt
There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing… — Albert Camus
The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. — Sholem Asch
You cannot force things apart that are bound at the heart. — Ashly Lorenzana
All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement, — Strom Thurmond
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study… — Alexander Graham Bell
We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do.… — Henry B. Eyring
You cannot force commitment, what you can doâ€¦You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model.Â Your primary influence is… — Peter Senge
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400… — Peter DeFazio
It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of historical… — Henry A. Kissinger
One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what… — Iyanla Vanzant
Why is it so? If live is a gift, all that belongs to and is intrinsic to life is going to be a gift. You… — Rajneesh
If life is a gift then all that belongs to life is going to be a gift. Happiness, love, meditation - all that is beautiful… — Rajneesh
You cannot force growth of human life and civilization, any more than you can force these slow-growing trees. That is the economy of Almighty God,… — William Jay Gaynor
You must be ready in mind, body, and spirit before you can make a change. People cannot convince you to do it. You cannot force… — Iyanla Vanzant
You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it. — Henry Moore
I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control. — Maya Lin

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