Best force & self Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.”

Thinking Knows Years Ideas Self Home Force Sacrifice Air Dad Direct My Dad Crew Self Sacrifice Air Force Indirect

Author:Jeremy Northam

“What is impossible to me as an imitator of Christ, becomes perfectly natural as a participant of Christ. It is Only when Christ nullifies the force of my inherent "self' life," and communicates to me a Divine life, that Christian living in its true sense, is at all possible for me.”

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Author:F. Huegel

“Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.”

World Self Force Results Confidence Judgment Relation Self Confidence Realization Internals

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire.”

Knows Men Self Reason Feelings Light Desire Force Born Powerful Enemy Anger Blow Superiors Heat Internals Betray Self Control Inferiors Uncontrollable

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and work out a solution for self-governance that would give all three groups a share in political power. Simultaneously, the UN should arrange for shipments of food and medicine, from the United States and other countries, as well as engineers to help rebuild the country.”

“What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle.”

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Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“We're blind, deaf and dumb. It is only that Self, which is our life force that makes who and what we are. The realization of that is self-realization.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Even more than the depression, it was my anxiety and agitation that became the defining symptoms of my illness. Like epileptic seizures, a series of frenzied anxiety attacks would descend upon me without warning. My body was possessed by a chaotic, demonic force which led to my shaking, pacing and violently hitting myself across the chest or in the head. This self-flagellation seemed to provide a physical outlet for my invisible torment, as if I were letting steam out of a pressure cooker.”

Source: When Going Through Hell...Dont' Stop!: A Survivor's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Clinical Depression

“When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used to it. Some actresses are too self-aware, they strike a pose. Adèle is a force of nature.”

Firsts Self Character Used Girl Strong Force Mets Actresses Strikes Ads Wow Forces Of Nature This Girl Strong Character

Author:Lea Seydoux

“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others.”

May Self Belief Force Interest Capitalism Destroyed Expenses Affected Capitalist Cynicism Virtuous Self Interest

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“I'm an ambitious self-publicist out of necessity. I've never been one to miss an opportunity because I've never had any illusions about how hard it is to survive as a painter... It's been an extra driving force to be able to prove the sceptics wrong.”

Self Hard Able Opportunity Force Missing Prove Survival Illusion Driving Painter Extras Ambitious Driving Force Sceptic Publicists

Author:Stuart Pearson Wright

“In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever we went, letting our light shine. If we did not learn self-love in our youth, there is still hope. The light of love is always in us, no matter how cold the flame. It is always present, waiting for the spark to ignite, waiting for the heart to awaken and call us back to the first memory of being the life force inside a dark place waiting to be born - waiting to see the light.”

“Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”

Self Philosophy Helping Force Poverty Teach Practice Taught Reasoning Self Taught

Author:Diogenes

“The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended. People are not only, as the saying goes, falling for the swindle; if it guarantees them even the most fleeting gratification they desire a deception which is nonetheless transparent to them. They force their eyes shut and voice approval, in a kind of self-loathing, for what is meted out to them, knowing fully the purpose for which it is manufactured. Without admitting it they sense that their lives would be completely intolerable as soon as they no longer clung to satisfactions which are none at all.”

Source: The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture

“The daimonic refers to the power of nature rather than the superego, and is beyond good and evil. Nor is it man's 'recall to himself' as Heidegger and later Fromm have argued, for its source lies in those realms where the self is rooted in natural forces which go beyond the self and are felt as the grasp of fate upon us. The daimonic arises from the ground of being rather than the self as such.”

Men Self Lying Evil Force Felt Natural Fate Source Arise Realms Good And Evil Rooted Recalls Heidegger Power Of Nature Beyond Good And Evil Fromm Superego

Book:Love and will

Source: Love and will

“Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of police; the latitude to act reasonably, to act immediately, to act in defense of self, to act in defense of another, to act with lethal force, to act with her acquired training and to act not in anger but to respond in purpose. To exercise the protections of that latitude in public policy, public interest and practical safety, all that is demanded of her is that she act reasonably under the circumstances.”

Doe Self Purpose Force Interest Policy Citizens Circumstances Exercise Training Gun Police Safety Protection Defense Absence Practicals Public Policy Public Interest Latitude

Author:John Longenecker

“[T]he individual in whom the will for the light is strong and clear finds his heart inextricably bound up with the struggle of the forces of light in his native place and time. Much as he may long for the opportunity of fuller self- expression in a happier world, he knows that for him self-expression is impossible save in the world in which his mind is rooted. The individual in whom the will for the light is weak soon persuades himself that his opportunity lies elsewhere.”

Source: Darkness and the light

“A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation need not be a mob of slaves, clinging to one another through fear, and for the most part incapable of self-government, and begging to be led; but it might consist of vigorous self-reliant men, knit to one another by innumerable ties, into a strong, tense, and elastic organisation.”

“In their pure form, the martial arts demand the intense awareness of the meditative mind, and have nothing to do with anger or wanton aggression. A practitioner is taught from the outset that the skills must never be used for personal gain, but only in self-defence or in the protection of others -- and even then only enough force as is absolutely necessary should be used.”

Should Mind Art Self Enough Form Used Force Awareness Taught Pure Skills Demand Gains Protection Intense Martial Arts Aggression Defence Wanton Self Defence Personal Gain

Author:David Fontana

“Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant. And it exposes more coalition forces to attacks.”

Self Force Security Amount Notion Occupation Coalitions Dependency Self Reliant Security Forces

Author:George W. Casey, Jr.

“I do not wish upon anyone a descent into hell. But if your life has to be turned inside out in order for you to know yourself--if the shadow of a shaman crosses your path and you turn and follow it down--I pray that you use its force wisely. I hope that you take the ultimate responsibility for your actions and that you consecrate any destruction to the rebuilding of your higher self and a more radiant life.”

Ifs Knows Self Use Action Order Turns Force Wish Responsibility Hell Path Praying Higher Shadow Crosses Destruction Ultimate Know Yourself I Pray Radiant Descent Higher Self Rebuilding

Author:Elizabeth Lesser

“Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals. We look away from government for relief, because we know that force (legalized) invades the personal liberty of man, seizes upon the natural elements and intervenes between man and natural laws; from this exercise of force through governments flows nearly all the misery, poverty, crime and confusion existing in society.”

“Women ... do not have to forsake the "wisdom of the heart" and become men. They need only transfer the primary force of their supportiveness to themselves and to each other but never to the point of self-sacrifice.”

Men Needs Heart Self Force Sacrifice Primaries Transfers Self Sacrifice Forsake

Book:Women & madness

Source: Women & madness

“Darwin seems to lose out with the public primarily when his supporters force him into a mano-a-mano Thunderdome death match against the Almighty. Most people seem willing to accept Darwinism as long as they don't have to believe in nothing but Darwinism. Thus, the strident tub-thumping for absolute atheism by evolutionary biologists like Richard Dawkins, whom the new issue of Discover Magazine rightly criticizes as "Darwin's Rottweiler," is self-defeating.”

People Believe Long Self Seems Force Loses Accepting Issues Atheism Willing Absolutes Magazines Criticize Almighty Supporter Darwinism Biologist Tubs Rottweilers

Author:Steve Sailer

“Selfishness is the controlling force of sinful living. It is this motive which pulsates through the natural mind, emotions and will - self-pleasing, self-serving, living for self.”

Mind Self Force Natural Emotion Selfishness Motive Serving Self Serving

Author:Walter J Chantry

“The masks we wear are simply veils that we have chosen to hide behind in order to get our way, or to demonstrate how we are reacting to the powers and forces that seem to influence us from the external world. They are part of our self image, and in some cases the mask is nothing more than a protective device, a defense mechanism.”

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Author:John Randolph Price

“Awakenings are always terrifying as they force you to realize your past has been lived in confinement, the most disturbing part is when you recognize that the shackle holding you down are largely once you have placed upon yourself, the prison is self constructed”

Has Beens Self Past Force Realizing Prison Awakening Our Past Disturbing Your Past Shackles Confinement

Author:Dean Karnazes

“The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls in a warm fellowship of those who see themselves as fighting on the side of the angels against the forces of evil. It is a lofty role that they are not about to give up for anything so mundane as facts - or even the lives of other people.”

“Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.”

Self Force Blessed Response Fetters Second Thoughts

Author:W. H. Auden

“Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat; it turns timidity into fierce courage, and dreadless defiance into tremulous submission; it turns thoughtlessness into foresight, and yet stills all anxiety into calm content; it makes selfishness become self-denial, and gives even to hard vanity the glance of admiring love.”

Source: Scenes of Clerical Life

“jazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force.”

Self America Force Music Expression Jazz Sensual Lyrical Potency

Author:Anais Nin

“Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn prejudices operate in their greatest force.”

Mean Self Force Interest Conscience Prejudice Unhappy Agents Deceiving Stubborn Self Interest Ingenious Persuasive

Author:William C. Bryant

“Self-loathing is the silent hemorrhaging of the soul. You don't feel or see the life force fleeing until it's not longer there, and then, of course, it's too late.”

Feels Soul Self Courses Force Late Silent Too Late Loathing Self Loathing Fleeing

Book:Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self

Source: Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self

“[The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the salt solution of life. It cures the lethargies of flesh and spirit with the slap and shake of elemental force. It cradles and comforts. Give it trust and it holds you secure; fight it and it kills.”

Giving Self Spirit Fighting Force Sea Comfort Ocean Solutions Flesh Cures Secure Shakes Melancholy Salt Disgusting Cradle Slap Healer Sloth Elementals Negation Lethargy

Author:Marya Mannes

“Why do so many ingenious theorists give fresh reasons every year for the decline of letter writing, and why do they assume, in derision of suffering humanity, that it has declined? They lament the lack of leisure, the lack of sentiment ... They talk of telegrams, and telephones, and postal cards, as if any discovery of science, any device of civilization, could eradicate from the human heart that passion for self-expression which is the impelling force of letters.”

“Most people are shaped to the form of their culture because of the enormous malleability of their original endowment. They are plastic to the moulding force of the society into which they are born. It does not matter whether, with the Northwest Coast, it requires delusions of self-reference, or with our own civilization the amassing of possessions. In any case the great mass of individuals take quite readily the form that is presented to them.”

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Book:PATTERNS OF CULTURE

Source: PATTERNS OF CULTURE

“There is a way to again be in real time with the universe, but it is not through force, imagination or manipulation. It is by finding your true Self. When you do, you will not need to manipulate life, it will simply flow.”

Way Life Needs Real Self Time Universe Force Imagination Findings Flow Manipulation True Self Manipulate

Book:White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji

Source: White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji

“Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men to remain just; in vain would it try to force them to be self-sacrificing.”

Men Trying Doe Self Law Force Sacrifice Vain Spontaneous Decree Fraternity

Author:Frederic Bastiat

“When you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a "lonely struggle" and individual self-destruction.”

Self Together Individual Force Struggle Lonely Destruction Working Together Self Destruction

Author:Haile Gerima

“Within the new self-help books for women, patriarachy and male domination are rarely identified as forces that lead to the oppression, exploitation, and domination of women. Instead, these books suggest that individual relationships between men and women can be changed solely by women making the right choices.”

Source: Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black

“You should not be subjected to the pressures, the intimidation, whether by Government or by the private sector, which would force you into self-censorship.”

Should Self Government Force Pressure Censorship Private Sector Intimidation Self Censorship

Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior.”

Art War Self Artist Force Art Is Warrior Sabotage Self Sabotage

Author:Steven Pressfield

“I feel passionately about how I express myself. Language is the greatest motivating force. You can phrase something positively and inspire people to do their best, or negatively and make them feel worried, uncertain, and self-conscious. You can talk at a fast pace and people will get nervous, feel afraid to bring up extraneous thoughts. But those are the very thoughts that might be most important! They might represent that person's best thinking. If you're rushed, you're simply not going to get at that extra level of thinking.”

People Ifs Thinking Feels Persons Important Self Might Language Force Levels Inspire Conscious Nervous Worried Phrases Extras Pace Uncertain Positively Self Conscious

Author:Frances Hesselbein

“If man do not find in himself the required (or wished, or wanted, - "voulue", Fr.) force to accomplish his moral aspirations, he can try to purt himself in the conditions suitable to assist (or promote, or further, -"favoriser", Fr.) his self-control.”

Ifs Men Trying Self Wanted Force Moral Conditions Accomplish Aspiration Self Control Suitable

Author:African Spir

“It is the Fourth Instinct (the spirit - RJ) that urges us to exceed ourselves ... by awakening our intuitive selves, and striving to be all that we were intended to be. It takes us beyond self-centeredness and enables us to resist the combined forces of indifference and meaninglessness. It awakens us to a sense of responsibility for those most in need of our society as well as for that world that future generations will inherit.”

“So long as Muslims continue looking towards Western civilization as the only force that could regenerate their own stagnant society, they destroy their self-confidence and, indirectly, support the Western assertion that Islam is a "spent force".”

Long Self Force Support Civilization Islam Western Self Confidence Assertion Western Civilization Stagnant

Author:Muhammad Asad

“These humans are only of flesh, of mud, and I suggest there is one force stronger than their zeal for God: their own self-righteousness! We will make them proud, pure in their own eyes, vindictive, unjust judges over each other, and stir up such a noise among them that the simplest prayer will not be uttered!”

Humans Self Eye Force Prayer Judging Proud Pure Stronger Flesh Noise Righteousness Unjust Mud Simplest Zeal Self Righteousness Vindictive

Book:Piercing the Darkness: A Novel

Source: Piercing the Darkness: A Novel

“Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably.”

Way Self Matter Happens Force Self Esteem No Matter What Raised Handle Esteem Encounters

Author:Susan Jeffers

“Women have entered the work force . . . partly to express their feelings of self-worth . . . partly because today many families would not survive without two incomes, partly because they are not at all sure their marriages will last. The day of the husband as permanent meal-ticket is over, a fact most women recognize, however they feel about "women's liberation.”

Feels Two Self Facts Feelings Today Lasts Force Husband Self Worth Income Liberation Permanent Meals Tickets

Author:Robert Neelly Bellah

“When the excessively shy force themselves to be forward, they are frequently surprisingly unsubtle and overdirect and even rude: they have entered an extreme region beyond their normal personality, an area of social crime where gradations don't count; unavailable to them are the instincts and taboos that booming extroverts, who know the territory of self-advancement far better, can rely on.”

Knows Self Force Social Crime Personality Normal Areas Instinct Extremes Rely Regions Shy Territory Rude Advancement Taboo Shyness Extroverts

Book:U and I: A True Story

Source: U and I: A True Story

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