Will Quotes

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

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.