Willing Quotes - Page 9

• People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.

  Coretta Scott King

  Kings, People, Waiting

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Major danger lie for America? That we could very well be defeated oversees and at home. And the source of it is clearly that we have yet to find a politician in either partywho's willing to tell the American people the truth.

  Michael Scheuer

  Lying, Home, America

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Muslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need to know that our counterparts in the west are also willing to listen and reciprocate.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Believe, Thinking, Speaks Out

  Source: content.time.com

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• Pretty much the worst reason to bomb someone is to prove that you're willing to bomb someone.

  Jeffrey Goldberg

  Bombs, Reason, Worst

  "'The Obama Doctrine': Examining White House Foreign Policy". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. March 10, 2016.

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• Form a small group. Five or six people, of people who think the way you do, and are willing to meet regularly, every week, and you will be surprised at what imaginative, gutsy thought and action comes out of that synergy. Takes a while, but there's something that every little group like that can do.

  Ray McGovern

  Thinking, People, Groups

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages and highest living standard, and probably the most engagement between the populace and the government of any country. Then the United States took those same qualities to the nth degree, and the British were suddenly appeared stodgy and tradition-bound.

  Charles R. Morris

  Country, Government, Challenges

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I don't really have any "must work withs," but I would never refuse if a celebrity or fellow musician came along who is willing to write or sing or play on a Lita song.

  Lita Ford

  Song, Writing, Play

  "Interview: The Runaways Rocker Lita Ford on 'Living Like a Runaway'". Interview with Jeff Doles, www.hollywoodchicago.com. March 10, 2016.

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• I was desperate to work with Stuart Immonen, who I have talked with for several years about doing a project together. So just the stars aligned. I knew that Stuart had a little break in his schedule, where he would be willing to do a project with me. So this year I've been very lucky.

  Mark Millar

  Stars, Years, Together

  Source: www.ign.com

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• If you're not willing to speak out for the rights of other people, then who do you expect to speak out for you when it's your turn?

  Chris Kluwe

  Rights, Speaks Out, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I am willing to bet that there are some Puerto Ricans who don’t know about [their status].

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Knows

  "Exclusive Interview with Justice Sonia Sotomayor". Interview with E. Gonzalez, eldiariony.com. January 14, 2013.

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• Power isn't control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.

  Beth Revis

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Beth Revis (2011). “Across the Universe”, p.250, Penguin

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• I believe that if you took privacy and you said, I'm willing to give up all of my privacy to be secure. So you weighted it as a zero. My own view is that encryption is a much better, much better world. And I'm not the only person that thinks that.

  Tim Cook

  Zero, Giving Up, Believe

  Interview with Nancy Gibbs and Lev Grossman, time.com. March 10, 2016.

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• I want my husband to lead me and our family. But in order for him to do that I must be willing to submit to his lead. This does not mean I surrender my opinions or input or wisdom...it means I surrender my grip of control and selfish ways and trust him!

  Jennifer E. Smith

  Love, Marriage, Husband

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• It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.

  Shauna Niequist

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Order

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• I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?

  Jill Konrath

  Motivational, Luck, Quitting

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• The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.

  Colin Powell

  Leader, United States, Authority

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• If I wrote a book, I had to be willing at least to talk about some of my struggles, whether in my personal life, health crises, or the deaths of my parents, because there can too easily be a perception of me that my life just went from A to Z uninterrupted, without any ups and downs, and that's not a fair representation.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Book, Struggle, Parent

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• If somebody wants to sit down with me for an hour and interview me and ask me any question about my record, my policies, my foreign policy experience, my domestic policy experience, I'm willing to do that.

  John Kasich

  Records, Want, Interviews

  "McConnell vows to hold the line against Obama's SCOTUS pick; Does John Kasich have a path to the GOP nomination?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 20, 2016.

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• For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don't, and being able to fail and to come back.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Believe, Keys, People

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I think anybody has, regardless of your gender, we all have equal value if you have value to bring and value to provide, you just have to be willing to use your voice.

  Stephanie McMahon

  Thinking, Voice, Use

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I think it's widely known at this stage that I am willing to put past differences aside and make some money and do the right thing for the fans. If it happens, it happens. It's all good. If it doesn't, I truly am not going to miss a beat of my life.

  Bill Goldberg

  Past, Thinking, Differences

  "Bill Goldberg Talks To 411 About Whether WWE Has Contacted Him About Returning, WWE HOF Induction, Brock Lesnar’s UFC Fight, Developing the Goldberg Character, More" by Jeffrey Harris, 411mania.com. June 28, 2016.

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• As an actor, I think sort of relish the chance to take a leap and sort of put yourself out there. You know, it's, like on any film, you just have to be willing to embarrass yourself, because otherwise you are not going to really reveal anything that you have. So I think it's exciting.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Thinking, Actors, Chance

  Source: screenrant.com

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• We always spend the summer together. My wife and kids, we always go back to Massachusetts and spend the summer there near where my wife and I both grew up. I wasn't willing to sacrifice the summer to go elsewhere.

  Steve Carell

  Summer, Kids, Sacrifice

  "Steve Carell, Allison Janney Interview, The Way Way Back". MoviesOnline interview, www.moviesonline.ca. November 13, 2017.

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• During my campaign, I had come across a small number of (mostly) young men, who had strongly racist views. They told me they would only vote for a party that was willing to get rid of black and coloured people from this country. What struck me as strange is that they weren't bothered about the thousands of white Europeans arriving from Central and Eastern Europe.

  Andrea Leadsom

  Country, Party, Men

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Simplicity is about clarity of thought and being willing to stay in a problem long enough to come to a solution, though it could be right in front of you.

  Dave Morin

  Long, Simplicity, Clarity

  "What Drives You? 10 Top Tech Mavericks tell us what drives them and why". www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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