Volition Quotes

49 Volition quotes by 45 unique authors

... 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… — Rumi
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
The Heart of Gold fled on silently through the night of space, now on conventional photon drive. Its crew of four were ill as ease… — Douglas Adams
Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say… — Toni Morrison
You're a stubborn, ill-trained horse." she said The horse snorted and walked towards the North Road of his own volition. "Hey!" Karigan pulled back on… — Kristen Britain
Forgetting is something that time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision. — Simon Wiesenthal
The inward persuasion that we are free to do, or not to do a thing, is but a mere illusion. If we trace the true… — Baron d'Holbach
To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy. — Rufus Wainwright
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without… — Xenophon
What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird… — Minnie Driver
The offer of God's love, the Gospel, with its command to mankind to believe on Christ, is sent forth into all the world. But no… — Harold Camping

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