Force Quotes

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It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render… — Criss Jami
It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent.… — Criss Jami
The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science. — Natalie Jeremijenko
Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? The ability to suffer… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative… — Friedrich Nietzsche
In 1929 the discovery of the wonders of the geometric series struck Wall Street with a force comparable to the invention of the wheel. — John Kenneth Galbraith
This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar satisfaction excited by… — George Gissing
The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Science has grown frightfully audacious in these days -- swift-footed, ponderous, careering over her iron ways with unslacking pace. This rampant dragon, on which I… — Amos Bronson Alcott
Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes… — Marcus Aurelius
For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled… — John F. Kennedy
Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law. — John F. Kennedy
I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me. 'Tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the… — William Wordsworth
I have left the obvious, essential fact to this point, namely, that it is the Russian Armies who have done the main work in tearing… — Winston Churchill
The will ... is the driving force of the mind. If it's injured, the mind falls to pieces. — August Strindberg
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however… — George Bernard Shaw
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a… — Charles Lindbergh
It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy, the very forces… — E F Schumacher
The overall effect of the rise of the industrial system is greatly to reduce the union as a social force. But it will not disappear… — John Kenneth Galbraith
People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber,… — S I Hayakawa
We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all the intolerance in… — William Hazlitt
There is an inimitable grace in Virgil's words, and in them principally consists that beauty which gives so inexpressible a pleasure to him who best… — John Dryden
If literary fiction is reduced to only middle-class families dealing only with middle-class angst, then it’s really finished as a force for grappling with the… — J. M. Ledgard
Strength means...acknowledging each of those feelings, your questions and ideas and faith and terror, and meeting what comes with the full force of your heart. — Brenda Shaughnessy
Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the… — Bill Vaughan

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