Will Quotes

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

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.