Quotes
Quotes about Will
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.
If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.
In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.
The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever.
Man will not live without answers to his questions.
A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.
Trust not thy feeling, for whatever it be now, it will quickly be changed.
If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.
I must claim the quoter's privilege of giving only as much of the text as will suit my purpose, said Tan-Chun. If I told you how it went on, I should end up by contradicting myself!
A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moists the field.
How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet! How it drives beneath the doors! How it soaks the passer's feet! How it rattles on the shutter! How it rumples up the lawn! How 'twill sigh, and moan, and mutter, From darkness until dawn.
