Force Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such…

— Mencius

Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.

— Vittorio Alfieri

“When trying to get people to change familiar ways of doing things, social pressures and constraints exerted by the informal peer group represent the…

— Lee Ross

A mighty, eternal and incomprehensible force pushes us all forward. But while all are so being pushed, many linger and look back. Unconsciously, they…

— Prentice Mulford

The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result…

— Steven Biko

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

— Frank Herbert

It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all…

— Bernhard Haring

The natural tendency of all human behavior is toward the path of least resistance. When you resist this tendency, you become stronger and more…

— Brian Tracy

It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of…

— Mark Twain

For extending its sway, partly by force of arms, partly by the voluntary submission of weaker tribes, the community soon acquires wealth and slaves,…

— Anonymous

“When the first force, social feeling and community expectation, is ignored or affronted, the person concerned will reveal certain aggressive character traits: vanity, ambition,…

— Tom Butler-Bowdon

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

— Mark Skousen