Quotes About Willingness

It implies a recognition by the individual that his life, liberty, and development depend upon social organization, and his willingness, in return, to adjust himself to the needs of the community.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

Mortals alone can change their destinies; heroes are measured by their willingness to do so.

No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference… between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope.

I, therefore, for one, cannot see my way to accepting the agnostic rules for truth-seeking, or wilfully agree to keep my willing nature out of the game. I cannot do so for this plain reason, that a rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those kinds of truth were really there, would be an irrational rule.

When you have become willing to hide nothing, you will not only be willing to enter into communion but will also understand peace and joy.

The holy instant is the result of your determination to be holy. 2It is the answer. 3The desire to have it and the willingness to let it come precede its coming.

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

as políticas europeias consagram um modelo de tolerância e de inclusão que chega a assumir contornos de falta de vontade para afirmar os valores caracteristicamente europeus.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.

but you'll never be ready. Not until you decide to be.

Understanding my worth in the market is part of my job, and ensuring I am valued is important to me. I love negotiating, and do so frequently for contracts. I am fair and reasonable, but willing to walk away if a deal cannot be struck.

Naturally, what makes patriotic and religious fanatics such dangerous opponents is not the deaths of the fanatics themselves, but their willingness to accept the deaths of a fraction of their number in order to annihilate or crush their infidel enemy.

y yo me adapto tan fácilmente a un método de vida, cuando es voluntario, que sólo hubiera deseado que éste durase siempre.

Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

I am wholly in favour of 'dull stodges'. A surprising large proportion prove 'educable': for which a primary qualification is the willingness to do work.

You need to WANT to change. You need to be willing to do the work.

At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful.

Our dialogue about race is complex, unresolved, and will probably be endless; a thing to be enacted forever on our shaky, shattered, and traumatized national ground. It requires of us a belief in the willingness of others, and a trust that even our misunderstandings will not be intentionally misunderstood.

in the Bible, neither God nor Jesus went around healing people willy-nilly. Whoever wanted to be changed had to cooperate in the process, and many times had to ask directly for what they wanted.

Greene was insecure, needy, insatiable, interested in variation, and always willing to have a go.

I'll do whatever you like