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),

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.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, read more

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.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.

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.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Will is character in action.

Will is character in action.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.