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Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.
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),
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.
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.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for read more
"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."
The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use read more
The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.