785 Quotes About Will

Schopenhauer dreamed a different dream: perhaps reason might detach itself, if only for a few moments, from will, so that the will might relax into playing and reason into pure seeing. He dreamed this dream in philosophy, in art, and above all in music. Never before and never since has such moving philosophy been made about music as by Schopenhauer" - Safranski

He framed a question inwardly to his vanity: 'Will this be tougher than I thought?

- Ах, не над меня соблазнять!.. Я человек простых устоев и строгой морали. Следовательно, своих обещаний не отменяю. Если я буду продаваться за микроскопы, какой пример я подам моему народу? Все вокруг начнут продаваться за микроскопы.Вождь - Тулии"Глубокоуважаемый микроб

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

You become what you have as a need the most to become.

Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.

I may err but I am not a heretic, for the first has to do with the mind and the second with the will!

For example, the citizens will live out the value of diligence in their enterprises. They will live out the value of prudence in their finances. They will live out the value of industry in the economy. They will live out the value of love in their neighbourhood. They will live out the value of dignity of labour in the market place, etc. All these will go a long way into propelling both the economy and political life of a nation to the greatest height possible.

Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand.  And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences.