To honor life, we must be willing to grow through what we don't know yet, and outgrow what we know no longer fits us. We must be willing to give in to the process, moment by moment, realizing a new plot may be unfolding.
Well I can tell you that for me generally speaking that I think things that I deal with are all to do with not accepting things, not excepting life on life's terms. My life becomes a lot easier when I'm willing to just accept. I don't have to like circumstances as they are, but I have to accept them and that's where I always seem to get thrown, when I try to will my way instead of accept things the way they are.
The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of pressure to allow lowest common denominator development. . . Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place.
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.
You cannot call yourself patient until you are willing and able to bear things that you have no wish to bear.
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.
You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.
You have to be willing to think the unthinkable.
If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.
Violence is the easy way out and it only leads to more violence. We need people in this world who are willing to find solutions through peace, through communication, honesty and diplomacy. World peace may seem impossible, but it's worth aiming for.
Those who take up any subject with an open mind, willing to learn anything that will contribute to their advancement, comfort and happiness, are wise.
The only reality you can control is the one you're willing to face.
Its our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.
How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with LOVE, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts.
Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
Cops, the law's the law. You see somebody break it, you've got to be willing to enforce it. And doing that enhances the confrontational aspect of the whole circumstance. The more the confrontational aspect is ratcheted up the more danger is involved. It's gutsy work.
I believe any time you have the courage to stand for what is right, especially in situations where no one else is willing to do so, you are creating a holy place.
If you have humility, you are willing to undertake anything to spread the dharma.
