Quotes About Volition

To be moral, an act must be free.

The Creator has blessed all His creations with the freedom of choice.

Epictetus famously opens the Encheiridion this way: "Some things in the world are up to us, while others are not. Up to us are our faculties of judgment, motivation, desire, and aversion—in short, everything that is our own doing. Not up to us are our body and property, our reputations, and our official positions—in short, everything that is not our own doing.

It is completely up to you.

Playfulness is the cornerstone of emotional fulfilment, a key to insight and volition. It can be activated by any kind of everyday task from gardening to washing up. Although we need to earn a living, and although there are many practical tasks we have to perform, living as playfully as possible makes our existence infinitely more worthwhile.

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

For while we may debate our freedom to choose, there is no doubt that we are not free not to choose.

Hay que contraponer, al pesimismo de la inteligencia, el optimismo de la voluntad (Gramsci).

The way to take ownership is to realize that everything that happens is a consequence of your free will.

independence, coordinated movement, language, and will.

When we speak, we speak for will!

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.