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    A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
    is because he will not.
    [Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann
    nicht, so will er nicht.]

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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.

by Seneca Found in: Will Quotes,
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
My will enkindled my by mine and ears
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Will Quotes,
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Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of read more

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'.

by M. Scott Peck Found in: Will Quotes,
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Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Will Quotes,
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Will Quotes,
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He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
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He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Will Quotes,
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Will is the dynamic soul-force.

Will is the dynamic soul-force.

by Sivananda Found in: Will Quotes,
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Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Will Quotes,
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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.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Will Quotes,
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