Voluntary Quotes

270 Voluntary quotes by 202 unique authors

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. — George Orwell
The sale of souls to gain the whole world is completely voluntary and almost unanimous...but not quite. — John Steinbeck
Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing. — Haruki Murakami
None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty. — Henry David Thoreau
I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
The key insight of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is misleadingly simple: if an exchange between two parties is voluntary, it will not take place… — Milton Friedman
Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy. — Ally Carter
The Catholic Church sees voluntary vampirism as a kind of suicide. I tend to agree. Though the Pope also excommunicated all animators, unless we ceased… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species' most… — Orson Scott Card
It's not Cam's fault," Bex told her. "We rigged her bed so that if she gets up, I get an electric shock." "Liz designed it,"… — Ally Carter
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of… — Dorothy Day
The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness were already… — William James
I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior. — Milton Friedman
Both Faith and Terror are instruments for the elimination of individual self-respect. Terror crushes the autonomy of self-respect, where Faith obtains its more or less… — Eric Hoffer
In the New Testament it is taught that willing and voluntary service to others is the highest duty and glory in human life. . .… — William Graham Sumner
The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active… — Walter Bagehot
A contract for the establishment of government, being nothing but a voluntary contract between individuals for their mutual benefit, differs, in nothing that is essential… — Lysander Spooner
Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more and more people… — Grover Norquist
Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot… — P.J. O'Rourke
Men mark the passion of Christ, and print it on their heart somewhat to follow it. It was the most voluntary passion that ever was… — John Wycliffe
We make no greater voluntary choice in this life than the selection of a marriage partner. This decision can bring eternal happiness and joy. To… — James E. Faust
Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This… — Tyler Cowen
In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in 1977. And that… — Noam Chomsky
Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs of artists, and… — Marshall Herskovitz
Belief, like love, must be voluntary. — John Updike

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