All
Life needs for life is possible to will.

All
Life needs for life is possible to will.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

A boy's will is the wind's will.

A boy's will is the wind's will.

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.]

The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

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 star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
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The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.

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.

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

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