Willingness Quotes

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  The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

  Barbara Sher

  Good Luck, Lucky, Way

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.20, Dell

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• Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

  Wayne Dyer

  Love, Anxiety, Self Improvement

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Oct 19, 2011

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• Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.

  Kevin Kelly

  Important, Willingness To Learn, Critical

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• The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

  Joel Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Twitter post from Mar 09, 2017

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• Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Motivational, Philosophical, Art Of War

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.106, FastPencil Inc

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• Being willing makes you able.

  Rhonda Britten

  Able, Willing

  Rhonda Britten (2002). “Fearless Living: Live Without Excuses and Love Without Regret”, p.28, Penguin

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  The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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• It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it.

  Ralph Marston

  Want, Matter, Complexity

  "Talent Economics: The Fine Line Between Winning and Losing the Global War for Talent". Book by Gyan Nagpal, p. 3, December 3, 2012.

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• The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

  Pat Summitt

  Sports, Essentials, May

  Pat Head Summitt (1998). “Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do”, Broadway

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• What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Life, Happiness, Make Others Happy

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  The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

  Joan Didion

  Life, Respect, Self Esteem

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Sep 15, 2011

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• Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Love, Inspiring, Giving

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.146, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sacrifice

  "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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• Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

  Margaret Cousins

  Change, Thanksgiving, Thank You

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this: fearlessness in your examination of life and death; Willingness to continually grow; and openness to the possibility that the ordinary is extraordinary, and that your joys and your sorrows have meaning and mystery

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Compassion, Generosity, Life And Death

  Elizabeth Lesser (1999). “The New American Spirituality: A Seeker's Guide”, Random House Incorporated

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• One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

  Edward de Bono

  Motivational, Powerful, Taken

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

  Peter Remnant

  Life, Trust, Father Son

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

  Mark Twain

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

  Janet Jackson

  Dream, Hard Work, Reality

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

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• The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

  Edward de Bono

  Powerful, Taken, Creativity

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Change, Fall, Self

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• When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Change, Meaningful

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 27, 2017

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• The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now!

  Zig Ziglar

  Giving Up, People, Want

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• In our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.

  Deepak Chopra

  Generosity, Giving, Keep Moving Forward

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Aug 15, 2011

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• The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away.

  Guy Finley

  Character, Greatness, Two

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