Willing Quotes - Page 9

• The world is looking, not for Christians who are perfect, but for Christians who are honest and who are willing to be honest with some of our contradictions and hypocrisy.

  Shane Claiborne

  Christian, Perfect, Hypocrisy

  "Interview with Shane Claiborne: Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.

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• If you want people to listen to you, then be willing to listen to them.

  Sharon Gannon

  People, Want, Ifs

  "Ask Sharon Gannon About Yoga & Veganism | Communication". ORIGIN Magazine Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I don't have enough knowledge or wisdom to say anything profound to people all over the world. But maybe a simple "I love you," as corny as it may sound, shows them that I am willing to be compassionate, generous, and peaceful with them.

  Richard Brancatisano

  Love You, Simple, People

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I've come across a lot of people in my life who talk about poverty and talk about the poor, but you rarely have a sense that it matters to them to the point at which they will be willing to sacrifice something.

  Kumi Naidoo

  Sacrifice, People, Matter

  Source: anniepaul.net

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• I think the most important thing to do is to be willing to listen, willing to care, and willing to admit mistakes and change your ways for the better!

  Jane Goodall

  Mistake, Thinking, Important

  "Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall: Empathizing with Animals and Touching People’s Hearts". Interview with Lauren Kearney, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If I wrote a book, I had to be willing at least to talk about some of my struggles, whether in my personal life, health crises, or the deaths of my parents, because there can too easily be a perception of me that my life just went from A to Z uninterrupted, without any ups and downs, and that's not a fair representation.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Book, Struggle, Parent

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• I understand it. People are very willing to say things about me, to make accusations about me that are - I don't get upset about them anymore, but they are very regrettable.

  Hillary Clinton

  People, Upset, Accusation

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing to sacrifice their lives to stay with it. They didn't expect a political process to respond to them. They made the political process respond to them. To say "It's so bad I won't bother" is to give up on your children and give up on your future.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Giving Up, Sacrifice

  Interview with Jurnee Smollett-Bell, www.lennyletter.com. April 8, 2016.

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• You can't just think that you will get a job for no good reason... And I think that the other part is you have to work your way up, you know I did a lot of Xeroxing and getting coffee...I always did what I was asked to do. I delivered. People knew that I would get things done and get them done well. And that is a big part of our resumes, are based on being responsible and being willing to do what needed to be done.

  Madeleine Albright

  Jobs, Coffee, Thinking

  Interview with Maeve Allsup, www.amwordmag.com. October 20, 2015.

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• I'm the most transparent secretary of state because of that. I've been willing to say, "OK, read them [emails] all."

  Hillary Clinton

  Email, States, Transparent

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• The Congress is not willing to think about the long term. They act like activist shareholders, to use that phrase again. They're not thinking about what can we do that will make us richer, safer, and stronger next year, and the year after, and five and 10 years out.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Years, Long

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Be willing to redefine yourself every day.

  Deepak Chopra

  Define Yourself

  Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., Deepak Chopra (2012). “Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, andSpiritual Well-Being”, p.54, Harmony

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• Getting people to go above and beyond the call of duty can be achieved but only if you, the artist, are willing to go above and beyond any and all calls of duty yourself.

  Tori Amos

  Artist, People, Call Of Duty

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The people who inspire me most are those who are willing to see the world from a loving perspective. People who perceive obstacles as opportunities and problems as spiritual assignments. People who choose love.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Spiritual, Opportunity, Perspective

  "Q & A With Miracle Mistress Gabrielle Bernstein, Author of May Cause Miracles". Interview with Latham Thomas, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2013.

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• Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Spirit, Remember, Greater

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• In the past people would say, "I can only do this world-class snowboarding if I have a helicopter." Actually, if you're committed to it, willing to put a bunch of energy into it, then you can do it under your own power.

  Jeremy Jones

  Past, Snowboarding, Class

  "Jeremy Jones and Protect Our Winters". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• No great undertaking ever looks like it's winnable. That only comes later and only if you are lucky and are willing to fight and have a group of folks around you that are willing to do the same thing, too.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Fighting, Groups, Lucky

  "ORIGIN Interview: Mark Ruffalo on Climate Change, the Monopoly on Our Energy Systems, Fighting Fracking, the True Cost of Fossil Fuel Pollution, Showing Compassion, and Being Who You Say You Are". Interview with Leilani Münter, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 27, 2016.

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• Activists must be admired for the sacrifices they are willing to make for those things they hold dear. I would say those kinds of ways of looking at life enrich the value of life, and that is a good thing.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Sacrifice, Way, Kind

  "ORIGIN Interview: Mark Ruffalo on Climate Change, the Monopoly on Our Energy Systems, Fighting Fracking, the True Cost of Fossil Fuel Pollution, Showing Compassion, and Being Who You Say You Are". Interview with Leilani Münter, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 27, 2016.

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• I am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy and family. Patriotic to a fault and allergic to cruelty, ignorance and bad music.

  Bernie Taupin

  Ignorance, Patriotic, Simple

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• Figure out what you believe in and what you're willing to fight for, then figure out what your special talents are and apply them to it.

  Mark Deklin

  Believe, Fighting, Special

  "Mark Deklin: On Love, Parenthood, and Making a Difference". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• Be true. Be as true and honest with yourself as you can and then you've just got to let it go from there out into the universe. Whatever happens after that, I have no control of, but I do have control of what I'm willing to put out there.

  Pegi Young

  Let It Go, Honest, Being True

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• One of the reasons I'm in this business is because I have absolute respect for the people who say, "You know what? I think I can make this a little better and I'm willing to get in and try." Because, I'll tell you, there are a hell of a lot of reasons to stay away from running for office today.

  Roger Ailes

  Running, Thinking, Office

  Source: www.campaignsandelections.com

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• What do we expect the climate to do? How will it affect people? And how can we protect people from hardship? We should be willing to face the facts that things may not go very well.

  Walter Munk

  People, Climate, Hardship

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• There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I have not heard one suggestion on how we are going to move one hundred million people out of low-lying areas and what countries would be willing to accept them.

  Walter Munk

  Country, Lying, Moving

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• For too long we have placed an irrational burden upon our oceans by demanding only a narrow selection of species, which has led to unsustainable fishing and economic practices. If we instead ask the ocean what it is willing to supply, we engage in an inherently more sustainable relationship.

  Barton Seaver

  Ocean, Fishing, Practice

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