Compels Quotes

102 quotes by 91 authors

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as he loves us better too. He… — Edmund Burke
It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice. — Epictetus
I am willing to spend whatever it takes â€¦ My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I am the largest… — Sheldon Adelson
A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. — Richard Flanagan
It's that mind-heart connection that I believe compels us to not just be attentive to all the bright and dazzling things but also the dark… — Bryan Stevenson
The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy. — David Platt
Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels. — Orison Swett Marden
When one rows it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but you do so because you… — Alexander Berkman
When you put your preferences on the altar of your life and say: THIS. THIS is what compels me. The real you emerges. — Danielle LaPorte
The greatest problem for the human species, the solution of which nature compels him to seek, is that of attaining a civil society which can… — Immanuel Kant
What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives… — Bob Taft
The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also… — Aberjhani
Ideally, we should like to define a good book as one which 'permits, invites, or compels' good reading — C.S. Lewis
There are two modes of knowledge: through argument and through experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it does not cause… — Roger Bacon
God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others. — Andy Stanley
We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean. — Michelangelo Antonioni
Love compels cruelty To those who do not understand love. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question. — Todd Solondz

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