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
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
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
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
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
—Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet
Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
—James Anthony Froude (1818–94) British Historian, Novelist, Biographer, Editor
A man can do all things if he but wills them.
—Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72) Italian Architect, Humanist, Painter, Art Critic
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
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
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
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
When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.
—Aeschylus (525–456 BCE) Greek Playwright
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.
—Addison Mizner (1872–1933) American Architect, Designer
Who wills the end, wills the means.
—Common Proverb
The one who wills is the one who can.
—Common Proverb
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
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
Will it, and set to work briskly.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Self-will is so ardent and active, that it will break a world to pieces, to make a stool to sit on.
—Richard Cecil
When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
—Aeschylus (525–456 BCE) Greek Playwright
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
—Chinese Proverb
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) American Military Leader
Man has will, but woman has her way.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
To live by one man’s will becomes the cause of all misery.
—Richard Hooker (1554–1600) English Anglican Theologian, Political Theorist
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