Quotes About Will

Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

Knowledge cannot defile, nor consequently the books, if the will and conscience be not defiled.

What must be, shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.

It is energy, the central element of which is will, that produces the miracles of enthusiasm in all ages. It is the mainspring of what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.

Energy will do anything that can be done in this world.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or not.

Though men determine, the gods do dispose: and oft times many things fall out between the cup and the lip.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act, but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act.

To have no set purpose in one's life is the harlotry of the will.

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.

Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly.... Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all our activities.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness unless he has the strength of character to be wicked. All other goodness is generally nothing but indolence or impotence of will.

Men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth."

Joy is the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer is an opportunity to have a conversation with God to try to get in tune with what his will is.

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

The government is supposed to conform to our will. By taking the most important thing you have, your health and your health care, and turning that over to the government, you fundamentally shift the power, a huge chunk of it, from the people to the government. This is not the direction that we want the government to go in this nation.

The foundations of our lives are far more fragile than we think. So we are severely shaken when life turns out to have a will of its own.

It is our lack of will that lies behind the continued denial of justice to Jean McConville. Yet there is something that we can do now for her and for ourselves before our silence turns us from spectators into passive accomplices. We can remember her.

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

I can make anything disappear, if I really want to.

What the heart most wants, the mind finds reasonable, the will finds doable, and the emotions find desirable.

If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.