Maxioms Pet

X
  •   50  /  36  

    First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you. Then you win.

    by Gandhi Found in Will Quotes,
Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  21  /  32  

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.

by Joanna Baillie Found in: Will Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  38  /  47  

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.

  ( comments )
  21  /  31  

Will is character in action.

Will is character in action.

by William Mcdougall Found in: Will Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  25  

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.

  ( comments )
  19  /  28  

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., read more

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., Tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te est quod
gaudias.]

  ( comments )
  20  /  29  

The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
read more

The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.

  ( comments )
  20  /  28  

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),

  ( comments )
  22  /  28  

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.

by Bruce Lee Found in: Will Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  28  

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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Will Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet