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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., read more
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., Tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te est quod
gaudias.]
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
"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."
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
Will is character in action.
Will is character in action.
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what read more
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.
The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from
wilfulness.
The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from
wilfulness.
