Force Quotes - Page 2

• Trying to force creativity is never good.

  Sarah McLachlan

  Art, Creativity, Trying

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• Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

  Nelson Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Art, Powerful

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• What you don't do can be a destructive force.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Choices, Destructive

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• Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

  John Ruskin

  Passion, Skills, Experience

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• Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

  Edward Steichen

  Photography, Men, Records

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• The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.

  Harry S. Truman

  Marine, Army, Long

  Harry S. Truman (1995). “The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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• Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

  Mark Twain

  Integrity, Real, Carpe Diem

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Courage, Hero, Bravery

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• Youth, large, lusty, loving -- Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

  Walt Whitman

  Time, Grace, Lust

  1881 Leaves of Grass, 'Youth, Day, Old Age and Night', stanza 1.

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• Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Life, Determination, Yoga

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  It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

  Henry James

  Art, Consideration, Process

  Letter to H. G. Wells, 10 July 1915

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• There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

  Sophie Swetchine

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Power

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• The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

  Dave Barry

  Powerful, Pay The Price, Civilization

  Dave Barry (1998). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Crown

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• The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.

  Norman Cousins

  Powerful, Believe, Independent

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• To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

  Potter Stewart

  Leadership, Believe, Law

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• It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.

  Merle Haggard

  Money, People, Giving

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• Trust is a great force multiplier.

  Tom Ridge

  Trust, Trust In God

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• There is no evil and there are no evil forces in the world. There are only people of awareness, and there are people who are fast asleep - and sleep has no force. The whole energy is in the hands of the awakened people. And one awakened person can awaken the whole world. One lighted candle can make millions of candles lighted without losing it's light.

  Rajneesh

  Sleep, Light, Hands

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• Gratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the universe.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Gratitude, Powerful, Creativity

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• Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe.

  Albert Einstein

  Powerful, Pay The Price, Civilization

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• Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Satyagraha, Mankind

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.77, A&C Black

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• USE this time of fresh beginnings. Use it as an impetus, the force or energy toward change. Become stronger, a better leader, more focused in your thoughts. Exert more influence over your dreams by bringing them closer to your thoughts, every day.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Dream, Time, Leader

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• Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

  Pierre Corneille

  Gentleness

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• There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Peace, Fear, Spring

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• There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

  Martha Graham

  Positive, Uplifting, Dance

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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