Quotes about Volition

A man can surely do what he wills to do, but he cannot determine what he wills.

Man has no automatic code of survival. His particular distinction from all other living species is the necessity to act in the face of alternatives by means of volitional choice. He has no automatic knowledge of what is good for him or evil, what values his life depends on, what course of action it requires...Man must obtain his knowledge and choose his actions by a process of thinking, which nature will not force him to perform.

there is no way that the Will can determine an act of the Will, than by willing that act of the Will, or, which is the same thing, choosing it.

Does the mind will, in any given manner, without a motive, cause or ground, which renders the given choice, rather than a different choice, certain.

The third truth to keep before us is that the Bible consistently portrays people as making real choices of their own will.

I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

There are no have-to's, just choices

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

It's up to you. What you will, will be.