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Compels Quotes

What compels people to keep going.

This set of compels quotes explores the pull toward writing, music, and craft, treating motivation as something closer to an instinct than a decision. See our Habit quotes for related reflections.

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

Quotes by Todd Solondz

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

Quotes by The Edge

HB2 discriminates against fellow citizens because of who they are. This law directly challenges the legitimacy of the identity of transgender persons and then compels them to deny it every time they use a public restroom.

Quotes by Ted Olson

It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law.

Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

Day Quotes

We started our company out of a need to survive, but we've built it based on a mission not only to help others survive but to prosper. Because of that, our purpose - to empower people to live more beautiful...

Quotes by Richelieu Dennis

A monopoly is like running on firm ground. Nothing compels you to move, but if you do, you move forward. The faster you run, the more scenery you see - so you have some incentive to run fast.

Quotes by Raghuram Rajan

No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this particular tunnel. It's the nature of the beast, and it's a part of what compels us. Every movie is a...

Quotes by R. J. Cutler

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Plato

But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy.

Quotes by Pierre Laval

Good Quotes

We tend to have so many more close shots, which compels an artist to actually put in more effort than it is required otherwise. So, it is the expressions on the face, and how an actor presents his or her...

Quotes by Mohanlal

We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean.

Quotes by Michelangelo Antonioni

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.

Quotes by Margaret Mead

No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.

Quotes by Linus Pauling

For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect, incapable of suffering, and subject to no other being; therefore they are not gods whom necessity compels to obey the one greatest God.

Quotes by Lactantius

Great Quotes

Don't pursue something because you 'want to be great.' Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you.

Quotes by Justine Musk

It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.'

Quotes by Johann Most

The practice of narrative and argument does not lead to invention, but it compels a certain coherence of thought.

Quotes by Jean Piaget

No matter what political cause compels us, we should always feel as though it's being threatened. We should use these causes, whatever they are, to bring people together and get each other excited about our role, so we feel like...

Quotes by Jack Schlossberg

I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.

Quotes by Ira Sachs

Habit Quotes

Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give...

Quotes by Hale Irwin

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of motivation do these quotes describe?
Mostly creative drive, including the pull toward writing, the discipline needed for close-up acting work, and curiosity that pushes musical experimentation.
Is there a quote about pursuing goals for the right reasons?
Yes, one advises pursuing something because it genuinely fascinates you rather than chasing a label like greatness for its own sake.
Does this topic touch on acting technique?
One sample notes that tighter camera shots compel performers to bring more precision to their facial expressions and overall presentation.
Is curiosity a recurring idea here?
Yes, one voice ties musical freshness directly to an ongoing curiosity that compels them to keep exploring new sounds.
How does this connect to Habit quotes?
Since sustained motivation often turns into routine, our Habit quotes offer a natural next step from this topic.

From close-up performances demanding sharper acting choices to a restless curiosity behind new music, these lines describe compulsion as a creative engine rather than pressure. Pair with our Great or Good quotes.