Quotes
Quotes about Will
He will give the devil his due.
This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon.
I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship.
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. -Emmet Fox.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.
God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars. -Elbert Hubbard.
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will. -Ingrid Bengis.
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. -Tennessee Williams.
Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whims.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could
If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.
I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will To take the indisposed and sickly fit For the sound man.
And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.
If they perceive dissension in our looks And that within ourselves we disagree, How will their grudging stomachs be provoked To willfull disobedience, and rebel!
Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.
You can and you can't,--You shall and you shan't--You will and you won't--And you will be damned if you do--And you will be damned if you don't.
As thou these ashes, little brook! will bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main ocean they, this deed accurst, An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread throughout the world dispersed.
Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]
