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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.
 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), 
 And binding nature fast in fate,
 Left free the human will.  
 And binding nature fast in fate,
 Left free the human will. 
A boy's will is the wind's will.
A boy's will is the wind's will.
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.
So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, read more
So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become Inevitable.
 "When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as 
to say, that man's a-waitin' for read more 
 "When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as 
to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer." 
 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.