Quotes
Quotes about Will
For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?.
When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent its leaking out at a certain point, with the likely result that it will leak out at some other point. Thus by denigrating prevailing beliefs and loyalties, the militant man of words unwittingly creates in the disillusioned masses a hunger for faith. For the majority of people cannot endure the barrenness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves. Thus, in spite of himself, the scoffing man of words becomes the precursor of a new faith.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
In His will is our peace.
Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.
He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without having a will by him.
That it may please you leave these sad designs To him that hath most cause to be a mourner, And presently repair to Crosby House; Where--after I have solemnly interred At Chertsey monast'ry with noble king-- And wet his grave with my repentant tears-- I will with all expedient duty see you.
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.
A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.
Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.
I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard.
I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.
For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will.
Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
