Quotes About the Will
The following quotes about the will are collected from a variety of authors and sources.
- “A boy’s will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.”
by Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams - “Will to will! The Will must be: developed, grounded, re-oriented and used!”
by Roberto Assagioli The Act of Will - “Since the outcome of successful willing is the satisfaction of one’s needs, we can see that the act of will is essentially joyous. And the realization of … being a self … gives a sense of freedom, of power, of mastery which is profoundly joyous.”
by Roberto Assagioli Purpose and the Creative Will - “There is not great talent without great will power.”
by Honore de Balzac - “Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.”
by Benjamin Disraeli - “The man who has submitted his will and purposes entirely to God, carries God with him in all his works and in all circumstances.”
by Meister Eckhart - “The education of the will is the object of our existence.”
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
by Mahatma Gandhi - “It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.”
by James Gordon - “The will to act is a renewable resource.”
by Al Gore