Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Will Power

A man can do all things if he but wills them.
Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72) Italian Architect, Humanist, Painter, Art Critic

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
George S. Patton (1885–1945) American Military Leader

Will it, and set to work briskly.
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
Yiddish Proverb

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American Head of State

To live by one man’s will becomes the cause of all misery.
Richard Hooker (1554–1600) English Anglican Theologian, Political Theorist

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) Indian Head of State

Will cannot be quenched against its will.
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State

Self-will is so ardent and active, that it will break a world to pieces, to make a stool to sit on.
Richard Cecil

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Chinese Proverb

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The “sure thing” boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author

The time is always right to do what’s right.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will.
Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) Italian Catholic Priest, Philosopher, Theologian

What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that’s another matter.
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant

All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist

People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist

Who wills the end, wills the means.
Common Proverb

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher

A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
German Proverb

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
James Anthony Froude (1818–94) British Historian, Novelist, Biographer, Editor

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
English Proverb

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet

When the will is ready the feet are light.
Common Proverb

Don’t let your will roar when your power only whispers.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher

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