The Will Quotes

“The reckoning what to do or abstain from in particular circumstances will constantly include a reference, implicit or explicit, to generalities. […] Because of it human conduct is not left to be distinguished from the behavior of other animals by the fact that in it calculation is used by which to ascertain the means to perfectly particular ends. The human wants things like health and happiness and science and fair repute and virtue and prosperity, he does not simply want, e.g., that such-and-such a thing should be in such-and-such a place at such-and-such a time.”
― G.E.M. Anscombe, The collected philosophical papers of G.E.M. Anscombe

“The will, I believe, is the mystery of mysteries. Who can say beforehand that his will is strong? There are all kinds of indefinable currents moving to and fro between one's will and one's inclinations. People talk as if the two things were essentially distinct; on different sides of one's organism, like the heart and the liver. I believe there is a certain group of circumstances possible for every man, in which his will is destined to snap like a dry twig.”
― Henry James, Roderick Hudson

“I’d eat a picnic in Hades with him.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Will

“يعد أمساك كتاب ما، أكبر تحدي للشخص الذي يريد أن يقتات من المعرفة و تغذية العقل لما يواحهه الشخص من عوائق كالملل و السأم، و الضجر و ضيق الوقت! و لكن الفهيم من يكسر كل هذه الحواجز و يجتاز الصعاب للوصول إلى مطلبه و إصابه هدفه، و تحصيل غايته...
فالحمد لله أن سخرني لهذا من غير حول مني و لا قوة و حسبي ربي جل علاه نعم المعين و هادي الأرواح..”
― Almuez

“Marriage is the harmony of God synchronizing two wills with the will of the Father.”
― Ravi Zacharias, I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah

“The inclinations of our will determine the types actions that we choose.”
― S J Contreras, The Becoming of Anton the Spider - Volume One (Gold Edition): Volume One (Gold Edition)

“The will is the energy that strengthens our inclinations and empowers our convictions.”
― S J Contreras, The Becoming of Anton the Spider - Volume One (Gold Edition): Volume One (Gold Edition)

“The will is the energy that strengthens our inclinations and empowers our convictions. Without this energy we are just puppets controlled by strings we do not see.”
― S J Contreras, The Becoming of Anton the Spider - Volume One (Black Edition): The Contrarian Chronicles - Book one, Volume One

“I'm just a poet, writing about the world I experience; agree or not, take it for what it's worth. What I do know, is the human will and desire can be a force for good or ill. At its best, in a very small number of people, it can uplift and encourage but at its worst, it can be a detriment to whole nations, for everyone wishes to make a mark on the world, and those that desire success above all else are willing to do anything to achieve it. They will say it's all in the name of progress but their desire to make a name for themselves can blind them to their cause and bring down their wrath upon people whom they do not know, nor wish to know, because their desire to achieve negates any empathy they may have.”
― Kara D. Spain

“Favour will follow you when you follow God’s will.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“Filming a scene, there are countless takes of the same incident. Someone watching in the street - obviously a provincial - can't get over it: 'After this, I'll never go to the movies again.'
One might react similarly with regard to anything whose underside one has seen, whose secret has been seized. Yet, by an obnubilation which has something of the miraculous about it, there are gynecologists who are attracted to their patients, gravediggers who father children, incurables who lay plans, skeptics who write . . .”
― Emil M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born