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),

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.

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.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

"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."