Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.
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Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers read more
Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for read more
"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a read more
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
