The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

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.

The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
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The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., read more

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., Tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te est quod
gaudias.]

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

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.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

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),