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    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.

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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.

by Gandhi Found in: Will Quotes,
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Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.

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

by Addison Mizner Found in: Will Quotes,
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Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Will Quotes,
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The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use read more

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.

by Marge Piercy Found in: Will Quotes,
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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, read more

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt
sich.]

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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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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Will Quotes,
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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

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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.

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