Force Quotes

Don't let yourself be destroyed by a force that was placed in our hearts in order to make everything better.

Paulo Coelho

Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind.

Ahad Ha'am

They are all so-called Christian nations, but... this superimposed religion... does not penetrate into the core of their souls. It has no relation to their daily experience... It is a key to open a heaven after death and not a key with which to force open the portals of this life.

Isaac Leib Peretz

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Blaise Pascal

It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the establishment of an international government with a monopoly of serious armed force.

Bertrand Russell

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

Leo Tolstoy

That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona.

Samuel Johnson

It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the forces which bring them about, and finally to come to rest.

Frank Knight

Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force

Blaise Pascal

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Abraham Lincoln

What difference does it make, whether we keep our silence because force us or because we're afraid they might force us?

Orson Scott Card

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind the strong against the weak and he didn't like his own kind either the smart against the stupid.

Orson Scott Card

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. You cannot subjugate a nation forcibly unless you wipe out every man, woman, and child. Unless you wish to use such drastic measures, you must find a way of settling your disputes without resort to arms.

Albert Einstein

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. No hope so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfilment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Oscar Wilde

If most of those who took part in this one-dimensional debate were honest with themselves, they would admit that they do not in principle believe that the United States can do any good overseas for anyone but the American government, its armed forces, or privileged American elites.

Christopher Hitchens

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can.

Jodi Picoult

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have grown into a Bestsellasaurus Rex -- a big, stumbling book-beast that is loved when it shits money and hated when it tramples houses... I started out as a storyteller; along the way I became an economic force.

Stephen King