Compel Quotes

132 quotes by 113 authors

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn… — Orison Swett Marden
Americans chose a free enterprise system designed to provide a quality of opportunity, not compel a quality of results. And that is why this is… — Marco Rubio
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for… — Lysander Spooner
Any number of scoundrels, having money enough to start with, can establish themselves as a 'government'; because, with money, they can hire soldiers, and with… — Lysander Spooner
I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency. — Victoria Woodhull
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you… — Carter G. Woodson
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A culture's ability to understand the world and itself is critical to its survival. But today we are led into the arena of public debate… — George Saunders
I am in favour of leaving people alone, however imperfect their polity may seem. It appears to me that you must not tell other nations… — Patrick O'Brian
Language is not made to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience newspapers, news, proceed by redundancy, in that they tell us… — Gilles Deleuze
That the stars guide us, but do not compel us. It is our free will that determines the outcome of all things. God does impose… — Kathleen McGowan
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Like love we don't know where or why Like love we cant compel or fly Like Love we often weep Like Love we seldom keep — Wystan Hugh Auden
who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his… — C.S. Lewis
Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack. — Gayle Forman
A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. — Frank Herbert
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to… — Alexander Hamilton
Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as… — Jim Butcher

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