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Quote Left Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Quote Right
Quote Left So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him -- pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it? Quote Right
Quote Left [T]hose who claim to care about the well-being of human beings and the preservation of our environment should become vegetarians for that reason alone. They would thereby increase the amount of grain available to feed people everywhere, reduce pollution, save water and energy, and cease contributing to the clearing of forests; moreover, since a vegetarian diet is cheaper than one based on meat dishes, they would have more money available to devote to famine relief, population control, or whatever social or political cause they thought most urgent. …[W]hen non-vegetarians say that 'human problems come first,' I cannot help wondering what exactly it is that they are doing for human beings that compels them to continue to support the wasteful, ruthless exploitation of farm animals. Quote Right
Quote Left People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given. Quote Right
Quote Left People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given. Quote Right
Quote Left He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. Quote Right
Quote Left Revelation 13:16: It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads (NIV)

Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads (AMP)

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (KJV)

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Quote Left It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. Quote Right
Quote Left We ignore and never mention the Sole Impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval.... To it we owe all that we are. Quote Right
Quote Left Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another Quote Right
Quote Left Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels. Quote Right
Quote Left Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say. Quote Right
Quote Left And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. Quote Right
Quote Left 2 Corinthians 5:14: For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. (NIV)

For the love of Christ controls and urges and impels us, because we are of the opinion and conviction that [if] One died for all, then all died (AMP)

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: (KJV)

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Member Quotes About Compels

Quote Left True love demands nothing yet compels you to give everything. Quote Right
Quote Left I know it is truth that not a single word I write matters at all, yet still something from somewhere compels me to do it anyway. Quote Right
Quote Left I know that not a single word I write means anything at all, yet something from somewhere still compels me to do it anyway. Quote Right

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