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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 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),
He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, read more
He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known.
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he read more
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he will not.
[Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann
nicht, so will er nicht.]
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.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.
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.
Here, here, and everywhere, he leaves and takes,
Dexterity so obeying appetite
That what he will he read more
Here, here, and everywhere, he leaves and takes,
Dexterity so obeying appetite
That what he will he does, and does so much
That proof is called impossibility.
All
Life needs for life is possible to will.
All
Life needs for life is possible to will.