Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

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.

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),

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.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he read more

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.]

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.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

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.

All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.

All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.