Willing Quotes

Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am.

Freedom is always in danger, and the majority of mankind will always acquiesce in its loss, unless a minority is willing to challenge the privileges of its few and the apathy of the masses.

With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift up the poor and the hungry.

I call my wife and talk to my children four or five times a day. I've surrounded myself with great people and friends, plus I'm always willing to make amends.

The strength of a friendship can be measured by the weight of the burden it's willing to share. (If you want to test this just ask someone to help you move.)

Those willing to trade freedom for certainty are certain to find the cure worse than the ailment.

It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to amplify it.

I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.

The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

A life that is never willing to change is a great tragedy - a wasted life. Change is a necessary part of a growing life, and we need change in order to remain fresh and to keep progressing.

So I guess I'm a fool, I'm a fool in love. But I'm willing to stay here, and bask in the glory of his heart.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it.

I never liked bananas much anyway. Two-thirds of the way down even one banana I am willing to concede defeat smilingly and give the rest to the nearest monkey.

There is nothing in this world you cannot accomplish if you are willing to forfeit your deposit.

Other heights in other lives, God willing.

I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web to be controlled between authors and readers, not advertiser.

Be willing to give people a second chance. You'd be surprised how well people respond to another opportunity to succeed.

We talk a lot about individual rights, but in fact Americans are very willing to give up our individual rights if it means our property values will be protected, and so on.

Sovereign of beauty, like the spray she grows;Compass'd she is with thorns and canker'd bower.Yet, were she willing to be pluck'd and worn,She would be gather'd, though she grew on thorn.

It's not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone's got it. It's about being willing to go that extra mile to be the best and that's something that I've always done.

Bill Clinton was a great politician. Bill Clinton loved a fight. He was willing to fight. But he also wanted to be loved. He wanted to be admired.

Only those willing to do what the very few do will get the rewards that the very few get.

In the coming year, I believe we can make sure America lives up to its legacy as a land of opportunity if the President is willing to back up his rhetoric with substance.

In wartime, people willing to sacrifice liberty for security.

Throughout our history, We Americans have been willing to meet great challenges and do what is right when our destiny demanded it.

I know that I don't have a perfect performance that I bring to set. I bring ideas to set, and I'm more than willing for those to be affected and be malleable, based on what the other person gives me.

I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.

If you're willing to recognize the religious element in one secular ideology, you need to be able to recognize it in your own.

We are not required to go through [Jesus'] trials, but we are required to be willing to go through them. To prove that we are willing to do so, we must go through our own trials and remain faithful.

The secret is you need a director who refuses to walk away and you need a director willing to put their whole career behind the project.

You have to be willing - you have strong ideas, you have strong views, but you have to be willing also to look at experience.

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

My heroes are always ready, willing, and able to execute moves necessary to get themselves out of deep trouble.

There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well.

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.

You take that leap of faith. You have to be willing to follow, blindly, wherever it takes you. If you know where you're going beforehand, you're not going to end up with anything worth knowing.

When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly.

Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than to practise laborious virtues.

I am willing to love all of mankind, except an American.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

Tear-stained flops are necessary. They're the gift you give yourself when you're willing to fly.

So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on, there was no telling what it was possible to recieve in return.

We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.

I'm no longer willing to let myself down.

Cause I rely on my illusions, to keep me warm at night. I've denied in my capacity to love, and I am willing to give up this fight

You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.