Will Quotes

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Nothing will work unless you do.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.