People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

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.

A boy's will is the wind's will.

A boy's will is the wind's will.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

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),