Willing Quotes

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything...”
― Robert G. Ingersoll

“If we are not willing to let go knotty and prickly issues in time, our mental frame can be wrecked before long. One must be prepared to get the monkey off the back, eventually. ( « Les choses avaient enfin perdu leur pesanteur » )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“The willing, Destiny guides them. The unwilling, Destiny drags them.”
― Seneca

“You praise man who has the ability to perform great actions.
I admire man who can deal with great pain and knows no despair.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Since that day there is nothing anyone could ever say to convince me that one person cannot change a nation. One person can do unbelievable things. All it takes is that one person who's willing to risk everything to make it happen.”
― Sam Childers, Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

“In my father's last letter he said that the world is run by those willing to take the responsibility for the running of it. If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

“Man's only hope lies in "final redemption from the misery of volition and existence into the painlessness of non-being and non-willing." No mortal may quit the task of life, but each must do his part to hasten the time when in the major portion of the human race the activity of the unconscious shall be ruled by intelligence, and this stage reached, in the simultaneous action of many persons volition will resolve upon its own non-continuance, and thus idea and will be once more reunited in the Absolute.”
― Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann

“To modern metaphysics, the Being of beings appears as will. But inasmuch as man, because of his nature as the thinking animal and by virtue of forming ideas, is related to beings in their Being, is thereby related to Being, and is thus determined by Being—therefore man's being, in keeping with this relatedness of Being (which now means, of the will) to human nature, must emphatically appear as a willing.”
― Martin Heidegger, What is Called Thinking?

“You have to be willing to be a fool to advance.”
― Jordan B. Peterson

“Will finds the way but skill gets the credit.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“We cannot live in isolation. We need each other. We need those who are willing to help others and those who are willing to receive help without being selfish after they have been helped.”
― ThandazoPerfectKhumalo

“Conscious leaders are always alert and willing to work hard in order to improve services and meet the needs of their followers.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“If we are willing to love and accept a child, a child is ready to accept Jesus.”
― Y. John Joshua

“The one you know is the one you are willing to know.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Are you willing to work?”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“When you influence others, they are more willing to act with passion than to do with reluctance.”
― Jeffrey G. Duarte

“The biggest question about the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm is: Was President Obama a willing participant in the con?”
― Steven Magee

“We live in a world where takers no longer care about the long-term effects of their selfishness. They are more than willing to keep taking, without even thinking about the needs of the givers. That is why givers need to be well-prepared to look after themselves because if they don’t, nobody can do that for them.”
― ThandazoPerfectKhumalo

“If you wish to be paid, you must be willing to work.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The opposite of certainty in life is called freedom. If you want to be free, you must be willing to advance your life into the uncertain. What’s stopping you from moving forward? The need to be certain. Certainty is prison. Break free from certainty and you’ll be free.”
― Richie Norton, Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping

“If you have well being, you must be willing to work.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Be willing to work.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Death comes sooner or later to everyone," the Warder said grimly, "unless they serve the Dark One, and only fools are willing to pay that price.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“Death comes sooner or later to everyone, unless they serve the Dark One, and only fools are willing to pay that price.", the Warder said grimly.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“The system wants to own your day until the day you die.

The opposite of certainty in life is called freedom.

If you want to be free, you must be willing to advance your life into the uncertain.”
― Richie Norton

“The Reason why you must be willing to lose your Life when opposing me, is that I am willing to lose my Life for what I'm standing for!”
― Sino Melo

“Every time Baba behaved in this manner, Grandma Sabou would calmly get up and go to rest on her bamboo bed, letting the boy cry until he was exhausted.
Then Baba’s forehead would slowly drift onto his right knee, and he would sleep for a good hour.

When he awoke, he would be hungry enough to eat the entire bowl of sticky porridge.
Grandma would smile and say, “The best time to do something is when you are willing to do it. Baba, you did a good job.”
― Baba Wagué Diakité, A Gift from Childhood: Memories of an African Boyhood

“A decision without action is nothing more than a thought.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

“Education is key, and you need to be willing to invest time to learn and listen to guidance.”
― Tammy Trenta, Wisdom to Be Wealthy: Accelerate to the Top 1% and Create Generational Wealth Using the Family Office Blueprint