The Force Quotes

I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish that from situations in which war is not useful or is indeed counterproductive.

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.

I've learnt so much from the people I've worked with, about how to listen to stuff as it's coming together and not force anything.

To me physical beauty is not the issue, vibrational beauty is and the most beautiful people I meet are those who are radiating the love and wisdom of the Divine force that breathes them.

I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions.

With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.

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.

I'm not a bible thumper, I'm not any of that stuff, but I do believe that the force is with us.

Imagination is a powerful force underlying all knowing

You'll find my power comes from within.... and is a force to be reckoned with.

Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is critical to me.

Reporting in general makes me pretty nervous. But I realized: all the amazing work experiences of my life were thanks to reporting. So that forces you to go do it.

My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.

Give me those days with heart in riot, The depths of bliss that touched on pain, The force of hate, and love's disquiet- Ah, give me back my youth again!

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.

As an inclusive quality, imagination is thus our primary force for progress, whatever progress is.

A director is what a director wants to be. If you want to force something, you can fight to the death and maybe get fired, but it's your job to help push things along.

If you have slightly pathological interest in all the components of places, it forces you to engage with them in a way that perhaps otherwise you wouldn't, and that's the only way I can put it.

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.

Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.

The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits.

The unity is brought about by force .

There has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity is unavailable.

I think that plain old intellectualism [can be] a more powerful force than the idea of the femme fatale.

Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it allows sensible people to realize how stupid and vile their beliefs are.

Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we believe in your voice and your help.

Sometimes the briefest moments capture us, force us to take them in, and demand that we live the rest of our lives in reference to them.

Those who disagree with the dictator's plan have no other means to carry on than to defeat the despot by force of arms.

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

Real greatness comes from that sort of spontaneity of the moment that takes it into another level. That can never be planned; it happens or it doesn't. And you can't force it.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

If there are threats to the United States, then I would of course go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground force.

Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter.

The underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force.

Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles.

We can believe as we want, but we should not force our beliefs on others.

Arabs respect only the language of force.

A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

No man can become a great leader of men unless he has the milk of human kindness in his own heart, and leads by suggestion and kindness, rather than by force.

Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.

Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.

The director has to win, because you should never force a director to shoot something they don't believe in.

Love is the binding force on every level of existence.

It's quite an unfair thought that Microsoft are trying to control our gaming, they're trying to force us to be online all the time. [People] didn't really think that through.

This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what happens next. They force you to tell a story.

Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism.

When I say right, it just has to be well thought out. I feel like I'm on a pretty good roll, and it can't be me trying to force what might be perceived to be next.