1.
Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.
Maria Montessori
Our objective is not just to inform the youngster, and even less to coerce him to recall, but instead to stir his creativity so as to arouse him profoundly.
2.
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
Kwame Nkrumah
The ties that bind us are inherent and stronger than the external influences that divide us.
3.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
Viktor E. Frankl
'Insurmountable external influences may divest you of all material assets but one - your autonomy to determine how to react.'
4.
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise
W. E. B. Du Bois
There is no power that can match a woman intent on advancement.
5.
To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Implementing a rigid educational program on an individual is a tyrannical act.
6.
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
George Orwell
All tyrannies govern by deceit and coercion, but once the deception is revealed they must solely depend on force.
7.
We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.
Mary McLeod Bethune
We exist in a society which venerates might above all other qualities. Strength, judiciously employed, can bring about more independence. Used foolishly, it can be an appalling, ruinous power.
8.
Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.
Unknown
Attempt not to acquire by strength what can be obtained through cunning.
9.
Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.
Noam Chomsky
Democratic societies cannot compel individuals; thus, they must shape their opinions.
10.
We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.
B. F. Skinner
We are only just starting to comprehend the potency of affection since we are just starting to recognize the frailty of coercion and hostility.
11.
Know that all healing forces are within, not without! The applications from without are merely to create within a coordinating mental and spiritual force.
Edgar Cayce
Realize that all curative energies lie within, rather than outside of you! External stimuli merely serve to nurture an aligned mental and spiritual power within.
12.
Each person is born with an infinite power, against which no earthly force is of the slightest significance.
Neville Goddard
Every person is born with unlimited potential, which can never be constrained by any earthly force.
13.
Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.
Angela Merici
Exercise caution when attempting to obtain results by coercion.
14.
We expected anyway that the democratic forces which have agreed with us in Zimbabwe would have rallied behind us. But it was a difficult struggle.
Robert Mugabe
We anticipated that the pro-democracy groups with whom we had aligned ourselves in Zimbabwe would have stood by us. Nevertheless, it was a hard battle.
15.
What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
'What was seized by might, can only be regained through strength.'
16.
Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality.Don't put limitations on yourself.Others will do that for you.
James Cameron
18.
Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.
Howard W. Hunter
19.
I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.
Tenzing Norgay
20.
Do not force the religion on your family. Show them the beauty of the Religion through your own practice.
Nouman Ali Khan
21.
There is no force in the universe more powerful than your will or power.
Edgar Cayce
23.
Being and stability are regarded by our contemporaries as akin to death; they cannot live unless they act, fret, or distract themselves with this or that. Their spirit (provided we can still talk about a spirit in their case) feeds only on sensations and on dynamism, thus becoming the vehicle for the incarnation of darker forces.
Julius Evola
24.
Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
William Whewell
25.
Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it
Ban Ki-moon
26.
Love, consciousness, and creativity are the highest refinements of the cosmic evolutionary force.
Alex Grey
27.
Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.
Marcus Luttrell
28.
Apply just the right amount of force — never too much, never too little.
Kano Jigoro
29.
You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.
James A. Baldwin
30.
The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.
Mahatma Gandhi
31.
Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.
R. C. Sproul
32.
When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it!
Dick Gregory
33.
It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.
Rem Koolhaas
34.
Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
36.
They use force, to make you do, what the deciders, have decided you must do.
Eldridge Cleaver
37.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
Winston Churchill
38.
Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.
John P. Kotter
39.
Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force - and of the other person's.
Caroline Myss
40.
When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
Isaac Newton
41.
There is a supreme power and ruling force which pervades and rules the boundless universe. You are a part of this power
Prentice Mulford
42.
No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.
Aaron Swartz
43.
The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
Stanley Kubrick
46.
A mighty, eternal and incomprehensible force pushes us all forward. But while all are so being pushed, many linger and look back. Unconsciously, they oppose this force.
Prentice Mulford
47.
Love is the force that leaves you colorless
Ovid
48.
As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.
Santiago Calatrava
49.
Music is the healing force of the universe.
Albert Ayler
50.
There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.
Daniel Dennett