Willing Quotes - Page 19

• The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

  Will Durant

  Men, Ego, Mind

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• It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply." God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace. Are you willing to enter this school? Are you willing to take the test? If you pass, you can expect to be elevated to a new level in the Kingdom. For He brings us through these tests as preparation for greater use in the Kingdom. You must pass the test first.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Hurt, School, Character

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• Why did you do it?" I say. "You want me dead. You were willing to do it yourself! What changed?" He presses his lips together and doesn't look away, not for a long time. Then he opens his mouth, hesitates, and finally says, " I can't be in anyone's debt. Okay? The idea that I owed you something made me sick. I would wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I was going to vomit. Indebted to a stiff? It's ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. And I couldn't have it.

  Veronica Roth

  Night, Ideas, Long

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• God willing, we shall come to a stage where the world looks at the Palestinian question, and Palestinian rights on Palestinian national soil, as well as the questions of the occupied Syrian and Lebanese territories. These are the bases on which peace will be built.

  King Hussein I

  Rights, Looks, World

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• Suddenly they were dancing, holding each other tight, moving in circles that symbolised their relationship, both afraid to let go, both willing the song to continue while silently their insides tore.

  Anna McPartlin

  Letting Go, Song, Moving

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• How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

  William James

  Happiness, Laughter, Men

  William James (2015). “The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature”, p.40, Xist Publishing

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• For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.

  Holly Goldberg Sloan

  Brother, Real, Imagination

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• Things have changed, ofcourse. There are counsellors at the ready. Kindness and understanding. Life is harder for some, we're told. Not their fault, even if the blows are purely imgainery. Felt just as keenly by the recipient, or the non recipient, as the case may be. But good use can be made of everything, if you are willing.

  Alice Munro

  Kindness, Blow, Understanding

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• There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to their artists. Most of all, I love that more galleries showing more art gives more artists a shot.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Order, Space

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• The Light willing, we will see one another again," Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. "Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved." "Not like us," Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. "You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths.

  Robert Jordan

  Light, Hands, Feelings

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory Of Light: Book 14 of the Wheel of Time”, p.172, Hachette UK

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• The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

  Arthur Scargill

  Leadership, Party, Europe

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• I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell you things. When I went to Novell, I didn't know how to be a CEO, so I went in and I called all sorts of CEOs I knew. I called in a favor. I wanted to come by and listen to them tell me what it's like to be a CEO.

  Eric Schmidt

  Thinking, People, Degrees

  "My other interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt" by Fred Vogelstein, www.wired.com. April 09, 2007.

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• Reincarnation?” He shrugged. “I’ve never seen any evidence that it’s real. But I’ve never seen anything that disproves it either. I believe the afterlife is better than what we have here—and it would take something extraordinary to make someone willing to come back.

  Patricia Briggs

  Real, Believe, Afterlife

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.187, Penguin

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• You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace.

  Charles Schumer

  Two, Majority, Want

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• A lot of times girls think they're funny, but they want to pretty at the same time, and if you want to be funny, you have to be willing to get ugly.

  Amy Sedaris

  Girl, Thinking, Ugly

  Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. November 2, 2007.

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• Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, because he believed that God had commanded it. To kill your son is unthinkable. A crime. But if you are acting in the belief that your God, your supreme deity whom you must obey, has demanded it of you, is it still a crime?

  Libba Bray

  Son, Sacrifice, Acting

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• I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

  Blake Shelton

  Anniversary, Thinking, Rest Of Your Life

  "Basic Blake". Interview with Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. January 17, 2012.

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• We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

  Joel Silver

  People, Film, Accepting

  "V For Vendetta - Joel Silver/James McTeigue interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.

  Nate Silver

  Average, Data, Play

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• Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

  Simon Sinek

  Inspirational, Sacrifice, Numbers

  "Why good leaders make you feel safe". Simon Sinek at TED2014, www.ted.com. May 19, 2014.

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• In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

  Simon Sinek

  Military, Sacrifice, People

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• You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, it's so crushing.

  Kevin Smith

  Crush, People, Imagination

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.

  Wilbur Smith

  Real, Roots, Government

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• If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

  Will Smith

  Jobs, Hard Work, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state… something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?

  Garth Stein

  Lonely, Mind, World

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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