Quotes
Quotes about Will
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation cares about its own identity.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
Son, when you grow up you will know who I really am. I am just a child like you who has been forced to act responsibly.
A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Each of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do on chewing gum.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids tying up all his capital in one concern, so, perhaps, worldly wisdom will advise us not to look for the whole of our satisfaction from a single aspiration.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?
In words as fashions the same rule will hold,
A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the high hope that they will pour into it the sweet mellow wine of inspiration.
