Will Quotes

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system.

When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.