Free will Quote by Edmund Spenser Download Open image “For if good were not praised more than ill, None would chuse goodness of his own free will.” — Edmund Spenser ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Free will Goodness Ifs Ill Praise
Who would ever care to do brave deed, Or strive in virtue others to excel, If none should yield him his deserved meed Due… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension. — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“All this world's glory seemeth vain to me, And all their shows but shadows, saving she.” — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry,… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
“The whiles some one did chaunt this louely lay; Ah see, who so faire thing doest faine to see, In springing flowre the image… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
“There is nothing lost, but may be found, if sought. (No hay nada perdido, que no pueda encontrarse, si se lo busca)” — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
“It is the mynd, that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happie, rich or poore: For some, that hath abundance at his… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.” — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Only when he voluntarily chooses that which he inexorably must do, has man any free will at all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The goal of the Creator is for each entity to make a conscious choice to again seek Oneness, out of our own free will… — David Wilcock Copy Share Image
“The answer to the question raised in the title of this essay - Is salvation a matter of divine determination or human responsibility? -… — Layton Talbert Copy Share Image
“Mastema prefers absolutes. He wants fences on the world and everything in its place, neat and tidy as a churchyard garden. God is not… — Kirby Crow Copy Share Image
“There is a big park in the middle of the locality. Surrounded by at least 50 houses. That those residents got to live in… — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
“Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like… — The Adjustment Bureau Copy Share Image
They either attach themselves to God's will, which results in their continuous progress, improvement and advancement, or they oppose God's will, are justly subjected… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I know we can each do something, however small that act may seem to be. We can pay an honest tithe and give our… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image