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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from
wilfulness.
The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from
wilfulness.
Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of read more
Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human 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),
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.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.