Force Quotes
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The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.
Lars von Trier
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
Jules Verne
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
Zane Grey
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
Harold W. Dodds
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Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him.
John Holt
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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind.
Ahad Ha'am
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All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
George Orwell
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Woman possesses the cosmic force of an element, an invincible force of destruction, like nature's. She is, in herself alone, all nature! Being the matrix of life, she is by that very fact the matrix of death - since it is from death that life is perpetually reborn, and since to annihilate death would be to kill life at its only fertile source.
Octave Mirbeau
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What if we truly believed that there is a beneficent order to things, a force that's holding things together without our conscious control? What if we could see, in our daily lives, the working of that force? What if we believed it loved us somehow and cared for us, and protected us? What if we believed we could afford to relax?
Marianne Williamson
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It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.
Jack Lynch
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No man can visualize four dimensions, except mathematically … I think in four dimensions, but only abstractly. The human mind can picture these dimensions no more than it can envisage electricity. Nevertheless, they are no less real than electro-magnetism, the force which controls our universe, within, and by which we have our being.
Albert Einstein
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I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.
Lady Starlight
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You are the most powerful force in your life.
Brian Wong
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I've never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.
Stanley Kubrick
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For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe.
Laura Esquivel
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As militias go, the Ohio Defense Force is on the moderate side.
Barton Gellman
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
Wanda Sykes
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Why be a dumb dud? Do your friends shun you? Do people cross the street when they see you approaching? Do they run up the steps of strange houses, pretend they live there and force their way into the hall while you are passing by? If this is the sort of person you are, you must avail yourself today of this new service. Otherwise, you might as well be dead.
Flann O'Brien
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It's against the law to go out on Sunday from the end of June until Labor Day. It forces the fishermen to spend some time with their families.
Bill Vaughan
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No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
J. Michael Straczynski