Quotes
Quotes about Will
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.
Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest. [Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]
No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do All that is in my power to honour you.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we'll need no other light.
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte est nocens.]
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.
Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will not be in danger. on the Diane Rehm Show.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.
The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs
