If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.

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),

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.

At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.

At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.

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.

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.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

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.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.