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    The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Will Quotes,
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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.]

by Johann Gottlieb Fichte Found in: Will Quotes,
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Will Quotes,
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Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Will Quotes,
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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a read more

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Found in: Will Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Will Quotes,
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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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Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of read more

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'.

by M. Scott Peck Found in: Will Quotes,
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Where there's a will, there's a way.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

by English Proverb Found in: Will Quotes,
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