Quotes about Will
Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church".
- Clement of Alexandria
Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.
- Victor Hugo
Do what you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic in the heart of man, love.
- Victor Hugo
Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
- CS Lewis
That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned
- Brother Lawrence
That we need only to recognize GOD intimately present with us, to address ourselves to Him every moment, that we may beg His assistance for knowing His will in things doubtful, and for rightly performing those which we plainly see He requires of us, offering them to Him before we do them, and giving Him thanks when we have done.
- Brother Lawrence
Paul urges us to pray continually (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This puts prayer on a far higher plane than mere intercession. It marks prayer as the heart of our devotion, the constant awareness of God's presence, our consistent submission to his will, and our frequent expressions of adoration and praise.
- Gary Thomas
The world is full of religions and religious people who don't know God. Religion can serve faith, but it doesn't substitute for faith, and it can never replace faith. Meaningful expressions of the heart, mind, and will become lifeless if they're not mixed with a deep and abiding faith.
- Gary Thomas
The Word of God needs to saturate our minds if we want to know and follow God's will.
- Brother Andrew
We should seek our satisfaction only in fulfilling His will, whether that leads to suffering or comfort.
- Brother Lawrence
we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether he lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would lie equal to a soul truly resigned.
- Brother Lawrence
That we ought to make a great difference between the acts of the understanding and those of the will: that the first were comparatively of little value, and the others, all. That our only business was to love and delight ourselves in GOD.
- Brother Lawrence