Quotes
Quotes about Will
The mysterious is always attractive. People will always follow a vail. - The House of Gold.
Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion.
The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate.
Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.
We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. - "Time", On Journalists, May 8, 1950.
A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
Figures won't lie, but liars will figure.
Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. - Wisdom in Small Doses.
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 who survives will see the outcome.
People differ not only in their ability to do but also in their 'will to do'.
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery.
Laugh not once at one's misfortune for one will laugh twice as much at you later.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
You will never escape the will of the mob; about the best anyone has ever figured out how to do is herd them into voting booths.
Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water. Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
