Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

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 have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own read more

You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.

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.

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

A boy's will is the wind's 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.

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.

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a read more

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.