Forces Of Nature Quotes

• Forces of nature act in a mysterious manner. We can but solve the mystery by deducing the unknown result from the known results of similar events.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Nature, Science, Events

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.367, Tara Publishing

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  Water is the driving force of all nature.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Nature, Reality, Water

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• The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.

  Nikola Tesla

  Inspirational, Life, Nature

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• Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding

  Jacob Bronowski

  Wisdom, Nature, Men

  Universities Quarterly (1956) vol. 10, no. 3, p. 252

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• You are one of the forces of nature.

  Jules Michelet

  Environment, Force

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• The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

  Wallace Stevens

  Imagination, Force

  Wallace Stevens (1997). “Collected Poetry and Prose”

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• The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering-that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

  L. Sprague de Camp

  Struggle, Men, Engineering

  L. Sprague de Camp (1963). “The Ancient Engineers”

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• I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature.

  Courtney Love

  Love, Romantic Love, Force

  "If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England". www.imdb.com.

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• No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.

  Helen Keller

  Nature, Loss, Men

  Helen Keller (2012). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.99, Courier Corporation

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• In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

  Larry Niven

  Writing, Creating, Imagination

  Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, Michael Flynn (2002). “Fallen Angels”, p.193, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces.

  Bridget Riley

  Landscape, Force, Visuals

  Bridget Riley (2009). “The Eye's Mind: Collected Writings 1965-2009”

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• Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator. While through science man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the force of nature within him.

  Wernher von Braun

  Men, Trying, Creation

  Wernher Von Braun (2007). “The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology”, Collectors Guide Pub

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• This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, True Joy

  Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)

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• I think of love as a force of nature-as strog as the sun, as necessary, as impersonal, as gigantic, as impossible, as scorching as it is warming,as drought-making as it is life-giving.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Thinking, Giving, Sun

  Jeanette Winterson (2004). “Lighthousekeeping”, Fourth Estate (GB)

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• We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.

  Barry White

  Ocean, Fire, Force

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• I am guided by the same intelligence and inspired by the same imagination which scatters the moon beams across the waves and holds the forces of nature in it's grasp.

  Ernest Holmes

  Moon, Imagination, Inspired

  Ernest Holmes (2007). “This Thing Called You”, p.103, Penguin

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• This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Selfish, True Joy, Long

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• The trouble is that sex is a force of nature, and reason is not.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Sex, Trouble, Reason

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• This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Motivational, Happiness, Laughter

  Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)

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• YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature and YOU! WILL! ATONE!

  Arthur Jensen

  Force, Primal

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• Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Happy

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• You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.

  William Rotsler

  Gratitude, Nature, Cheer

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• Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

  William J. Clinton

  Wind, Water, Economic

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001".

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• The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

  Friedrich List

  Mean, Purpose, Machines

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• When men are engaged in war and conquest, the tools of science become as dangerous as a razor in the hands of a child of three. We must not condemn man because his inventiveness and patient conquest of the forces of nature are being exploited for false and destructive purposes. Rather, we should remember that the fate of mankind hinges entirely upon man’s moral development.

  Albert Einstein

  Patience, Children, War

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