Willingness Quotes - Page 11

• The one factor that you can't find on a spreadsheet is the willingness of the people in government to lead change, And in Denmark every single one of them is engaged and willing to do whatever it takes to get Denmark to be a leader in electric vehicles.

  Shai Agassi

  Government, Electric Vehicles, People

  "In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars" by Nelson D. Schwartz, www.nytimes.com. December 1, 2009.

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• Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as it is, everything only requires my consent, only my willingness, my loving agreement, to be good for me, to do nothing but work for my benefit, to be unable to ever harm me.

  Hermann Hesse

  Agreement, Holiness, Benefits

  Hermann Hesse (2016). “Siddhartha (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.67, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?

  Laurie Helgoe

  Responsibility, Worst Enemy, Play

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• Your success and happiness depend on your willingness to help others solve their problems.

  T. B. Joshua

  Helping Others, Problem, Solve

  "TB Joshua Sends Pastor Chris Member To School". All Voices, August 25, 2009.

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• There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.

  Alexander Siddig

  Roles, West, Enough

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• It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Japan, America, Quality

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• Look at all of the great strengths of America: entrepreneurialship, work ethic, natural resources, a democracy, a transparency, a willingness to be critical. Around the world, they look at us, and they say, "Why are you criticizing yourself? Why are you people arguing during the political process to elect a president or somebody else?" That's the great strength of this country.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Country, America, People

  Interview with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. September 21, 2008.

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• I think the willingness to listen is really a matter of confidence. You can't be so superconfident in your abilities that you ignore what others say, and you can't be so diffident in your abilities that you think that if they say something, you will be so taken in that you will do the wrong thing. When you are confident about your abilities and also fully aware of what you don't know you are willing to listen to outside experts with the full sense that if you don't find it worthwhile you will ignore it.

  Raghuram Rajan

  Taken, Thinking, Listening

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• I want our children in America to know the limits of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

  Melania Trump

  Dream, Children, America

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I've got a hold of something that won't move. It's a willingness to keep walking into the next day, open to whatever may turn out to be true that day.

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Moving, Next Day, May

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• A great deal of it is mental, the ability to learn within the game, to perform at a high level - often with injury - and to weather the ups and downs of an emotional game through a 16-game season. Also, there is the willingness to prepare in the offseason, the film room, to learn the scheme and execute without a lot of repetition - that's football character.

  Brendan Daly

  Football, Character, Emotional

  Source: content.time.com

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• I approach all of my movies with an open mind and a willingness to dive in and do what's asked of me.

  Amber Heard

  Mind, Open Mind, Approach

  "20Q: Amber Heard". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. August 10, 2011.

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• The willingness of God to sacrifice his Son to reconcile us to himself is a demonstration of his love for us.

  Robert Jeffress

  Son, Sacrifice, His Love

  Dr. Robert Jeffress (2016). “Not All Roads Lead to Heaven: Sharing an Exclusive Jesus in an Inclusive World”, p.115, Baker Books

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• The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use its power around the world, it's something that democracies tend to be quite skeptical about.

  Mark Danner

  Democracy, Use, World

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• [Donald] Trump has threatened to withhold investment in Scotland in response to the calls to ban him from the UK. Over the years Mr Trump has made a number of statements about the different scale of his investment in the UK and his willingness to maintain them.

  James Brokenshire

  Numbers, Years, Scotland

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries.

  Joseph Boyden

  Country, Past, Two

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions. When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents-and their parents' unfailing willingness to answer them. In my household, questions were considered a nuisance; adults imparted information as they considered necessary.

  Nelson Mandela

  Children, Home, Numbers

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.18, Hachette UK

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• The cable industry has risen to new heights in their apparent willingness and ability to gouge the American consumer. Cable rates [have] increased an unbelievable five-and-a-half times faster than inflation.

  John McCain

  Half Time, Height, Faster

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• As you get older your willingness to tell more of the truth is awakened and you don't have to think about it or imagine it because now you know this to be true.

  Keith David

  Thinking, Imagine, Truth Is

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

  Ian Bogost

  Mean, World, Want

  Source: app.longform.org

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• I think the Turks' willingness to take seriously action on the borders to stop the flow of foreign fighters joining ISIL is significant.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Borders, Joining

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that's where healing can truly begin.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Book, Healing, Doctors

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• We were looking at weather and our relationships with weather. It goes to a few other places, and I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't go into it, but it's about a willingness to expose oneself a little bit more and share something openly and honestly. It's more than just landing tricks. Moving forward, this is just another stepping stone.

  Travis Rice

  Moving Forward, Weather, Want

  Source: www.outdoorjapan.com

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• This question of love begins and ends with the willingness to be welcoming to one's own experience as a loving action towards oneself. It may be dark, it may be light, it may be joyous, it may be sorrowful, but it's your experience, and therefore, your life. As we have that kind of loving response towards our own life, then life itself in terms of the outside world, begins to feel different.

  Roger Housden

  Dark, Love Is, Light

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• We all are motivated by deep impulses and deep appetites to serve, even though we may not be able to locate that which we are hoping to serve. So this is just a part of my nature and I think everybody else's nature to offer oneself at the critical moment when the emergency becomes articulate. It's only then that we can locate that willingness to serve.

  Leonard Cohen

  Thinking, Critical Moments, May

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