Quotes with irresistible

  • Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

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  • Mahatma Gandhi
    When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Henry David Thoreau A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bayard Taylor Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come back upon the mind with irresistible force.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Boris Johnson Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.
    A wise guy playing the fool to win, Sunday Times, 16 July 2000, p. 17.
    Boris Johnson
    British politician and author (1964 - )
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  • Aleister Crowley Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say ''no.'' I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Henry Ford Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Patricia Neal In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do.
    Patricia Neal
    American actress (1926 - 2010)
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  • Robert Frost Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Washington Irving Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • William Mcgovern The fact that it had never been done before made it even more irresistible.
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  • Adam Weishaupt The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
    Adam Weishaupt
    German philosopher (1748 - 1830)
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  • Anne Sophie Swetchine There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
    Anne Sophie Swetchine
    Russian writer (1782 - 1857)
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  • Albert Einstein True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Boris Pasternak What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Napoleon Hill What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Barry Manilow What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
    Barry Manilow
    American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (1943 - )
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