Willing Quotes

There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.

As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science.

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldn't live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it.

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others.

It is inconceivable that even the gang who runs Russia would be willing to take on war, but one always has to remember that there seemed to be no reason in 1939 for Hitler to start war, and yet he did, and he started it with a world practically unprepared.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.

The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

Movies, TV, sports, come and go, but what you stand for is what people remember. Mandela, Martin Luther King, John Kennedy are people who really stood for something and were willing to die for it. You don't see a whole lot of that any more.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.

I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.

'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice.

Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.