Willing Quotes

You have got to be willing to be poor as an entrepreneur.

Unless you're willing to fail miserably in the pursuit of your dreams, you'll never make it.

Fear," the doctor said, "is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway.

I am willing to do whatever is necessary to succeed.

To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.

To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?

An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

You must be willing to do things today others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better

I learned that no man in God's wide earth is either willing or able to help any other man.

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.

Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and who to blame, and not willing to blame themselves.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them.

I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and a spectacle to the world for the scandal of the cross.

You've been thinking about something without willing to for a long time...Then, all of a sudden, the problem is opened to you in a flash and you suddenly see the answer.

Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why then should man expect mercy from God? It is unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

Are we willing to do for the truth what others are willing to do for a lie?

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week.

The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus involves losing your life-and finding new life in him.

To engage with art, we have to be willing to be wrong, venture outside our psychic comfort zones, suspend disbelief, and remember that art explores and alters consciousness simultaneously.

If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.

The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.

You have to be critical of what you do every day, to analyze it and be willing to push it further.

The horse must perform from joy, not subservience. Praising a horse frequently with voice, a gentle pat, or relaxing the reins is very important to keep the horse interested and willing.

The wise is one only. It is unwilling and willing to be called by the name of Zeus.

I imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life to making it happen.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends.

Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.

The essence of positioning is sacrifice. You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

I’ve longed for kids since I was very, very young. And so ... I’m waiting to find the right person, someone who’s willing to take on the job.

It's reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people's lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that.

The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.

I will go through a lot of pain to beat someone. If there's pride and ego on the line, if I'm desperate, then I'm willing to go to a place where it hurts a lot more.