"It's up to you, not fate."

Willpower, Choice, Fate, Responsibility, Power

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"Regardless of gender, one has to be willing to take what belongs and what has been promised, by not backing down and by not giving up. Never be willing to throw in the towel and accept defeat!"

Ellen J. Barrier, American Poet

Willpower, Determination, Persistence, Gender, Responsibility

"Your personal declaration of will is the first step in a seemingly impossible journey."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Willpower, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

"Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,..."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Willpower, Faith, Will, Desire, Force

"You can't try to do things you simply must do them."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Willpower, Action, Will, Determination, Necessity

"It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Willpower, Enjoyment, Hunger, Force, Will

"I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Willpower, Effort, Wisdom, Hope, Action

"Determined soul, willing spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Willpower, Determined, Soul, Spirit, Willing

"I never fight except against difficulties."

Helen Keller, American Author

Willpower, Fight, Determination, Difficulty, Strength

"Mood's a thing for cattle or for making love. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter your mood."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Willpower, Mood, Conflict, Strength, Necessity

"There are only do and don't, can or can't is just an excuse."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Willpower, Action, Decision, Motivational, Responsibility

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"If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the painful process of finding it."

Self

"We always underestimated our own participation in magic. That is, we thought of magic as something that existed with or without us. But that's not true. Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them, and then deem them so. Ryan and Avery will say the first moment they spoke, the first moment they danced, was magical. But they were the ones-no one else, nothing else-who gave it the magic. We know. We were there. Ryan opened himself to it. Avery opened himself to it. And the act of opening was all they needed. That is the magic."

Magic

"What are your interests?""Your son in my room," I said."Excuse me?""The sun and the moon," I said. "Astronomy."

Curiosity

"As we become the distant past, you become a future few of us would have imagined."

Future

"It might feel like the end of the world--but it's the beginning of your art."

Art

"The good old days needed a lot of improvement. People aren't the only things that get better with age."

Perspective

"I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative."

Solitude

"Either way, you were connected. By your desires. By your defiance. By the simple, complicated fact of who you were."

Identity

"I showed him the Post-it. "You see They're from Lily."Who's Lily?"Some girl."Ooh... a girl!"Boomer, we're not in third grade anymore. You don't say, 'Ooh... a girl!'"What? You fucking her?"Okay, Boomer, you're right. I liked 'Ooh... a girl!' much more than that. Let's stick with 'Ooh... a girl!"

Friendship

"We stay this way until twilight colours the window and the hour calls me home."

Nature