Willingness Quotes

I was surprised at her gentleness, her willingness to give in.

I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.

That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.

Though as he'd say, what is 'belief' but a willingness to suspend the negatives?

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

I have numerous people who have expressed a willingness to be plaintiffs.

Without an understanding of the issue of race and a willingness to confront it head on, the working class will not build its strength.

The risk that is involved in trusting is stepping forth with willingness with a knowing that you can lose something or fail, and doing it anyways

Where magic is concerned, there is always an initial decision, an initial willingness to let it enter your life. If that is not there neither is magic.

In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.

Have you thought that your willingness to forgive is really your affirmation of the power of God to do you good?

There is no cultivation of patience when your pattern is to just try to seek harmony and smooth everything out. Patience implies willingness to be alive rather than trying to seek harmony.

At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

it must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry.

Open your hearts to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you and the Church will welcome you if your willingness to serve good is as clear and public as your choice to serve evil was.

A fanatic's willingness to kill or be killed in the service of a cause cannot prove the rightness of that cause.

Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.

I know you by your willingness.

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too.

Unfortunately, in the environment, I don't see as much willingness to invest heavily in R&D as I do in consumer technology. And that's a pity.

True forgiveness is a willingness to change your mind about your Self.

There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism.

Too often, people forget the basic fact of life: all those good things we enjoy come from the ache in [our] backs and the willingness to shoulder great personals risks.

That's what world leadership is: A willingness to point at bad guys and say they're the bad guys and to keep the bad guys from getting worse! That's leadership. Obama didn't want to go there.

You need conviction in your own beliefs, and the willingness to ignore others naysaying.

If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.

One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.

I think what we (as a society) need from artists of all kinds is courage, a willingness to explore, and a really big sense of possibility.

I prefer to think of faith, as Coleridge says of poetry, not as the taking up of belief but as "the willing suspension of disbelief". . . a willingness to be open, to explore, to investigate.

...It’s not the lies that hurt people. It’s the willingness of everyone else to believe them..." Aiden, Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon

There is no human being on earth who does not have the capacity to offer the message of peace to the world at large. But what is needed now is the soulful willingness.

Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone and anything that gets in his way.

I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you'll find out that it's exactly this, it's the willingness to take a risk.

The efficiency of most workers is beyond the control of the management and depends more than has been supposed upon the willingness of men to do their best.

If there is no willingness to use force to defend civil society, it's civil society that goes away, not force.

The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have an expanding pie, everyone starts hunkering down.

A willingness to drop your ego and let yourself look foolish. You almost have to enjoy looking vulnerable. You'd be surprised how many people don't want to do that.

Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.

The more information that's out there, the greater the returns to just being willing to sit down and apply yourself. Information isn't what's scarce; it's the willingness to do something with it.

In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to convince all of their prospects of the willingness to sacrifice.

My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed.

The male corporate model is built on a mans greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.

Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.

Age in just a number. It carries no weight. The real weight is in impacts. The truth is that you can do it at any age. Get up and be willing to leave a mark.

Courage, will-power and confidence in your abilities will carry you to greater heights.

Once you start questioning your beliefs, that's when it's all over. It is truly doubt that kills our conviction.

After you hear and listen. First must come desire. Second must come willingness.Third should come understanding.Fourth should come progression and with progression will come more understanding.