Quotes about Will
It is evident from this that people rage against Christ himself when they raise a hue and cry upon hearing that by the will of God some are freely chosen and others are rejected; they do it because they cannot bear to let God have his way.
— John Calvin
But we must so cherish moderation that we do not try to make God render account to us, but so reverence his secret judgments as to consider his will the truly just cause of all things.
— John Calvin
Let me not therefore, O my God, be ashamed of these fears, but let me feel them to determine where his fear did, in a present submitting of all to thy will.
— John Donne
We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, adjusting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
The thought of a happiness that comes from outside the person, brings him sadness. But the recognition in the value of one's will and the freedom granted by its uplifting, brings great joy.
— Abraham Isaac Kook
Christmas is all about surrender. It's all about the surrender of the Son to obey the perfect will of the Father and enter human history.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
— Samuel Johnson
Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.
— Charles Spurgeon
Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.
— Charles G. Dawes
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.
— Thomas Jefferson