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Where there's a will, there's a way.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
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),
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
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.
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.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
