Force Quotes - Page 8

• Ideas are, in truth, force.

  Henry James

  Learning, Ideas

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• There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.

  Woodrow Wilson

  War, Fighting, Men

  Speech in Philadelphia, 10 May 1915, in Selected Addresses (1918) p. 88

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• In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Law, Age

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

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• No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Believe, Iron

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• It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

  Robert Fulghum

  Funny, Military, School

  "Is there a magic money tree? Yes children, there is. But that's the wrong question" by Ellie Mae O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2017.

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• Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose

  George Lucas

  Letting Go, Attachment, Greed

  George Lucas (2005). “Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III”, p.54, Del Rey

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• I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

  Ron Reagan

  Airplane, Airline Business, Flying

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• If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Thinking, Definitions, Fairness

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• Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.

  Daniel De Leon

  Eugenics, Socialism, Term

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• Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.

  John Amery

  Air, Three, Arms

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• The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Mean, Winning

  Winston Churchill (1986). “Their Finest Hour”, p.405, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Today was a good day for Hill Air Force Base and Utah.

  Rob Bishop

  Good Day, Air, Utah

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• We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people

  Thad Cochran

  People, World, Stability

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• Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.

  Peter Senge

  Unseen, Structure, Process

  Peter M Senge (2010). “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition”, p.78, Random House

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• Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an Auschwitz, in which valuable enzymes, hormones, and so on will be extracted instead of gold teeth.

  Erwin Chargaff

  Gold Teeth, Enzymes, Crafts

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• Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the entire being. To insist on analysing this force is to destroy its very essence.

  Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

  Music, Art, Essence

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• There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees

  Ricardo Semler

  Leadership, Enjoy, Employee

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• The time and thought which most persons waste in aimless effort would accomplish wonders if properly directed with some special object in view. In order to do this, it is necessary to center your mental force upon a specific thought and hold it there, to the exclusion of all other thoughts.

  Charles F. Haanel

  Inspirational, Views, Order

  Charles F. Haanel (2015). “Mind Yoga - Amazing Secrets of the Yogi”, p.26, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom.

  Oscar Arias

  Freedom, Men, Reality

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• Extending over more than a century and including most nations of the globe, the cause of woman suffrage has been one of the great democratic forces in human history.

  Ellen DuBois

  Words Of Wisdom, Empowerment, Causes

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• I liken feedback to the effect of when you go surfing; you can get pummeled by a wave, but if you balance the forces right, you can have a dandy ride ... that's pretty much what feedback is.

  Jorma Kaukonen

  Music, Surfing, Balance

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• Duane Allman was bursting with energy ... he was a force to be reckoned with. His drive and focus, as well as his intense belief in himself and our band, was incredible. He knew we were going to make it. We all knew we were a good band, but no one had that supreme confidence like he did, and it was a great thing, because his confidence and enthusiam were infectious... it says a lot that his hero was Muhammad Ali. That kind of supreme confidence that Ali had - that's where Duane was coming from

  Richard Betts

  Music, Hero, Focus

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• I never feel to force my doctrine upon any person; I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions of men dispersed by the pure principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Jesus, Men, Giving

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• Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say no, in so far as laws are natural, economic, and social laws, not authoritatively imposed but inherent in things, in relations, in situations, the natural development of which is expressed by those laws. We say YES if they are political and juridical laws, imposed upon men by men.

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Men, Law, Names

  "Rebellion".

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