Unwillingness Quotes

76 quotes by 72 authors

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. — Tom Clancy
The underlying sickness of human life is an unwillingness to look with open eyes at the condition of the world. — Hu Shih
The chief enemy of peace is the spirit of unreason itself: an inability to conceive alternatives, an unwillingness to reconsider old prejudices, to part with… — Lewis Mumford
All honest labor becomes easy; it only becomes hard when done with unwillingness. — Clive James
I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe,… — Abraham Lincoln
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof… — Samuel Johnson
Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like… — Sri Chinmoy
It is the lack of knowledge of, or the unwillingness to recognise, or the deliberate denial of the existence of the serial bully which is… — Tim Field
A peculiar side of credulity is that it is often joined with a proneness to imposture. The association of believing and lying is not characteristic… — Eric Hoffer
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to… — Spencer W. Kimball
I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to remain… — Barack Obama
The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my… — Lance Armstrong
He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear and I… — Paulo Coelho
Art inspires, produces an unwillingness to settle for what we have and a desire for something better. It is the product and producer of creative… — Russell L. Ackoff
There exists in our society widespread fear of judgingâ€¦[B]ehind the unwillingness to judge lurks the suspicion that no one is a free agent, and hence… — Hannah Arendt
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it. — William Feather
The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny… — Mary Landrieu
Even if people do wrong, we're social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are… — Denise Mina
There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream. — Laurence Overmire
It's alright to do things the way you want. There is no map to life, no blueprints to survival, you can create your world day… — John O'Callaghan

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