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Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
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.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
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.
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he read more
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he will not.
[Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann
nicht, so will er nicht.]
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
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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.]
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.
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.
