Volition Quotes

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Since nature does not endow all men with equal beauty or equal intelligence, and the faculty of volition leads men to make different choices, the… — Ayn Rand
Freedom of Will-that is the expression for the complex state of delight of the person exercising volition, who commands and at the same time identifies… — Friedrich Nietzsche
So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like… — William James
We assert then that nothing has been accomplished without interest on the part of the actors; and â€” if interest be called passion, inasmuch as… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as… — John Banville
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own volition, power to… — Maximus the Confessor
Innate directs its vital energy through the nervous system to specialize the coordination and sensation and volition through the cumulative and vegetative functions. — Daniel D. Palmer
All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects… — Charles Garfield
Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is… — Unknown Author
A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road; a man with a whole volition advances… — Thomas Carlyle
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a… — Yann Martel
This is one of man's oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of… — Max Planck
We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation from suffering and… — Nhat Hanh
The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and… — Criss Jami
One's own free and unfettered volition, one's own caprice, however wild, one's own fancy, inflamed sometimes to the point of madness - that is the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm. — Christopher Moore
In quick succession, Qhuinn reviewed his answers: No, of course not, the knife was acting of its own volition. I was actually trying to stop… — J R Ward
The individual does actually carry on a double existence: one designed to serve his own purposes and another as a link in a chain, in… — Sigmund Freud
What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,… — William Wordsworth
She lay down and never stirred. To move hand or foot, or even so much as one finger, would have been an exertion beyond the… — Elizabeth Gaskell

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