Will Quotes

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?