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If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
Will is character in action.
Will is character in action.
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.
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.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
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),
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.
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it
through despite to languish long time in read more
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it
through despite to languish long time in error.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.