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He wants wit who want resolved will.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
The highest obedience in the spiritual life is to be able always, and in all things, to say, “Not my will, but thine be done.”
Remember that your will is likely to be closed every day, and be prepared for it by asking only for God’s will.
Prescribe no positive laws to thy will; for thou mayest be forced tomorrow to drink the same water thou despisest to day.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
In the schools of the wrestling master, when a boy falls he is bidden to get up again, and to go on wrestling day by day till he has acquired strength; and we must do the same and not after one failure suffer ourselves to be swept along as by a torrent. You need but will, and it is done; but it you relax your efforts you will be ruined; for ruin and recovery are both from within.
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
God made thee perfect, not immutable! And good he made thee, but to persevere he left it in thy power; ordained thy will by nature free, not overruled by fare inextricable, or strict necessity.
To commit the execution of a purpose to one who disapproves of the plan of it is to employ but one third of the man; his heart and his head are against you, you have commanded only his hands.
We have more power than will; and it is only to exculpate ourselves that w often say that things are impracticable.
Whatever the will commands the whole man must do; the empire of the will over all the faculties being absolutely over ruling and despotic.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a through will to do it man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too much with others.
He who has a firm will models the world to himself.
Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur. The vulgar, far from hiding their will, blab their wishes. A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passion into a thousand crackers of desire.
The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
It is the will that makes the action good or bad.
We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our power, and indeed there is nothing really in our own power except the will : on this are necessarily based and founded all the principles that regulate the duty of man.
Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. Man is made great or little by his own will.
Study the singular benefits and advantages of a will resigned and melted into the will of God. Such a spirit hath a continual Sabbath within itself, and the thoughts are established and at rest.
Shakespeare.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Chinese Proverb.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Gratian.
The highest obedience in the spiritual life is to be able always, and in all things, to say, “Not my will, but thine be done.”
Tryon Edwards.
Remember that your will is likely to be closed every day, and be prepared for it by asking only for God’s will.
Prescribe no positive laws to thy will; for thou mayest be forced tomorrow to drink the same water thou despisest to day.
Fuller.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
Seneca.
In the schools of the wrestling master, when a boy falls he is bidden to get up again, and to go on wrestling day by day till he has acquired strength; and we must do the same and not after one failure suffer ourselves to be swept along as by a torrent. You need but will, and it is done; but it you relax your efforts you will be ruined; for ruin and recovery are both from within.
Epictetus.
The will of man is by his reason swayed.
Shakespeare.
God made thee perfect, not immutable! And good he made thee, but to persevere he left it in thy power; ordained thy will by nature free, not overruled by fare inextricable, or strict necessity.
Milton.
To commit the execution of a purpose to one who disapproves of the plan of it is to employ but one third of the man; his heart and his head are against you, you have commanded only his hands.
Colton.
We have more power than will; and it is only to exculpate ourselves that w often say that things are impracticable.
Rochefoucuald.
Whatever the will commands the whole man must do; the empire of the will over all the faculties being absolutely over ruling and despotic.
South.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Epictetus.
In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a through will to do it man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too much with others.
W.Humblodt.
He who has a firm will models the world to himself.
Goethe.
Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur. The vulgar, far from hiding their will, blab their wishes. A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passion into a thousand crackers of desire.
Lavater.
The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed.
E.P.Whipple.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
Confucius.
It is the will that makes the action good or bad.
Herrick.
We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our power, and indeed there is nothing really in our own power except the will : on this are necessarily based and founded all the principles that regulate the duty of man.
Montaigne.
Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. Man is made great or little by his own will.
Schiller.
Study the singular benefits and advantages of a will resigned and melted into the will of God. Such a spirit hath a continual Sabbath within itself, and the thoughts are established and at rest.
Flavel.
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