Will Quotes

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.

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.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

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.