"We do not lack strength so much..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We do not lack strength so much as the will to use it; and very often our imagining that things are impossible is nothing but an excuse of our own contriving, to reconcile ourselves to our own idleness.
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More on Willpower
“The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.”
“What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?”
“He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]”
More on Idleness
“Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.”
“Of all our faults, the one we avow most easily is idleness; we persuade ourselves that it is allied to all the peaceable virtues,and as for the others, that it does not destroy them utterly, but only suspends the exercise of their functions.”
“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”