Verb
To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBut to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them. Isaiah Berlin
Events, time, forms, all propel the inner plot within each of us. Vanna Bonta
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. Angela Davis
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. Chinese Proverb
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. Traditional Proverb
Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost. Traditional Proverb