Compulsion Quotes

264 quotes by 204 authors

Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag.… — Will Durant
What we refer to as yoga is just a technology to make your energies function by choice, not by compulsion. — Jaggi Vasudev
We fear not God because of any compulsion; our faith is no fetter, our profession is no bondage, we are not dragged to holiness, nor… — Charles Spurgeon
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men… — Ayn Rand
Everything that you do under compulsion goes to build up attachment. — Swami Vivekananda
It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients. — Aristotle
The wish to be super-strong is a healthy wish, a vital, compelling, power-producing desire. The more the Superman-Wonder Woman picture stories build up this inner… — William Moulton Marston
Every person must live the inner life in one form or another. Consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or involuntarily, the inner world will claim us and… — Robert A. Johnson
"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion. — Robert Menzies
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. — Themistocles
I had a compulsion to do it. — Ed Gein
COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. — Ambrose Bierce
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement. — Plato
As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces. — Will Shortz
Love is found when you don't have to give it. It is the emotion of generosity and kindness that is compelled by no one. It… — James Michael
If a quote of two individuals looks identical or almost similar to make it difficult to know as who said it first to be Mr.… — Anuj
To find love is the great human undertaking...and it's always complicated by our compulsions and unconscious patterns, to say nothing of issues of trust and… — Michelle Huneven
We may say that hysteria is a caricature of an artistic creation, a compulsion neurosis a caricature of a religion, and a paranoiac delusion a… — Sigmund Freud
I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse. — Juliana Hatfield
Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life. — Juliana Hatfield

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