Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.
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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),
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.
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.
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it
through despite to languish long time in read more
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it
through despite to languish long time in error.
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.
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.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
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.
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.
