Quotes about Will

Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.

It is only through love that we can attain to communion with God. All living knowledge of God rests upon this foundation: that we experience him in our lives as Will-to-love.

But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars

Love and do as you will.

Choose to love whomsoever thou wilt: all else will follow.

Dilige et quod vis fac. (Love and then what you will, do.)

Perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's.

God loves us, and the will of love is always blessing for its loved ones.

If you truly love God and His will, then doing what you will, will, in fact, be doing what God wills.

God is too gracious to ask you to do something you hate.

Your enemies still figure into God's plan. Their pulse is proof: God hasn't given up on them. They may be out of God's will, but not out of his reach. You honor God when you see them, not as his failures, but as his projects.

We're learning, through trial and error, to separate our will from God's will. We're learning that God's will is not offensive. We've learned that sometimes there's a difference between what others want us to do and God's will. We're also learning that God did not intend for us to be codependent, to be martyrs, to control or caretake. We're learning to trust ourselves. . . . and the power to carry that through.