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To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
Will is character in action.
Will is character in action.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
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),
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.
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a read more
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.