Quotes about Will
To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.
— John Calvin
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
— Alexander Hamilton
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will by nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.
— John Milton
The love of God invades me, the peace of God pervades me, the will of God persuades me, and I am wholly His.
— E Stanley Jones
True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God
— Corrie Ten Boom
In His will, our peace.
— Dante Alighieri
The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God's.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.
— Epictetus
Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain the belief in the freedom itself.
— William James
The essence of poetry is will and passion.
— William Hazlitt