#irresistible

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#every #fool #handsome #irresistible #ladies

To explain the matter I will employ a simile, which yet, I confess is very dissimilar; but its dissimilitude is greatly in favour of my sentiments. A rich man bestows, on a poor and famishing beggar, alms by which he may be able to maintain himself and his family. Does it cease to be a pure gift, because the beggar extends his hand to receive it? Can it be said with propriety, that 'the alms depended partly on THE LIBERALITY of the Donor, and partly on THE LIBERTY of the Receiver,' though the latter would not have possessed the alms unless he had received it by stretching out his hand? Can it be correctly said, BECAUSE THE BEGGAR IS ALWAYS PREPARED TO RECEIVE, that 'he can have the alms, or not have it, just as he pleases?' If these assertions cannot be truly made about a beggar who receives alms, how much less can they be made about the gift of faith, for the receiving of which far more acts of Divine Grace are required! ↗

— James Arminius

#calvinism #christianity #free-will #irresistible-grace #prevenient-grace

But while I loved all of these courses, there was an irresistible attraction of economics. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#courses #economics #i #irresistible #loved

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#artist #characterized #creative #creative artist #irresistible

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. ↗

— J. Edgar Hoover

#attraction #banks #element #irresistible #money

There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#charming #comes #irresistible #journey #lips

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#beast #centuries #cudgel #irresistible #man

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ↗

— Robert Frost

#desire #desired #irresistible #irresistibly #love is

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#attaining #end #force #grows #important

Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

#demanded #especially #fostering #here #highly