Quotes
Quotes about Will
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. Of this he wrote to James Madison: As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.
Vanity, like murder, will out.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.
Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.
Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the "ready-aim-aim-aim syndrome." You must be willing to fire.
The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.
Victory is a thing of the will.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!
I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.
If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.
There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?
Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Be good and you will be lonesome.
