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    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.]

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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),

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People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Will Quotes,
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

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Do or do not... there is no try.

Do or do not... there is no try.

by Yoda Found in: Will Quotes,
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And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Will Quotes,
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
My will enkindled my by mine and ears
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Will Quotes,
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Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Will Quotes,
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Will is the dynamic soul-force.

Will is the dynamic soul-force.

by Sivananda Found in: Will Quotes,
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Barkis is willin'!

Barkis is willin'!

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