Compels Quotes

102 quotes by 91 authors

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me. — Alain Badiou
So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind… — Laurence Sterne
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of… — Charles Caleb Colton
Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life. — William Feather
Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all… — Immanuel Kant
Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature… — Immanuel Kant
By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening,… — Henry David Thoreau
Atheism deprives superstition of its stand ground, and compels Theism to reason for its existence — George Holyoake
Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture. — Hal Boyle
Cell genetics led us to investigate cell mechanics. Cell mechanics now compels us to infer the structures underlying it. In seeking the mechanism of heredity… — C. D. Darlington
When was the last fast time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude… — Bonnie D. Parkin
Despite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium. — Camille Paglia
It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that I condemn it.… — Benjamin Tucker
Only the brave should teach....Teaching is a vocation. It is as sacred as priesthood; as innate a desire, as inescapable as the genius which compels… — Pearl S. Buck
We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action — David Karoly
It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead… — Benjamin Tucker
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it,… — Helen Keller
It is sad, no doubt, to exhaust one's strength and one's days in cleaving the bosom of this jealous earth, which compels us to wring… — George Sand
Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning at home, you're… — Rolf Potts
Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them. — Maureen O'Hara

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