Quotes about Being Willing

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt. Votes: 4

Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is. Votes: 4

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt. Votes: 4

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. Votes: 4

To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God. Votes: 4

Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice. Votes: 4

Joy is being willing for things to be as they are. Votes: 3

To tell a ghost story means being willing to be haunted. Votes: 3

Sometimes success is simply being willing to give it your all. Votes: 3

Being in love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person. Votes: 3

I think the real risk comes in being willing to try to be authentic. Votes: 3

Prayer is not about changing God, but being willing to let God change us. Votes: 3

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn. Votes: 3

Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die. Votes: 3

Happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love. Votes: 3

One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time. Votes: 3

I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. Votes: 3

There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous. Votes: 3

Witchcraft involves being willing to understand and embrace your true self. It is about exploring your light and learning to celebrate your darkness. Votes: 3

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one. Votes: 3

I was convinced that luck was a matter of knowing what one wanted and then being willing to work to make the wish come true. Votes: 3

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust. Votes: 3

You see, faith means listening to your heart, not just your heard. It's not about ignoring facts; it's about being willing to see around them sometimes. Votes: 3

Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big. Votes: 3

The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal. Votes: 3

Fairness does not consist so much of everybody's doing the same thing, but of everybody's being willing to do something that others don't want to do. Votes: 3

It's not who wins the fight that's important, it's being willing to fight. If you get challenged and renege, everyone wants to take a shot at you. Votes: 3

Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty. Votes: 3

There is a difference between being willing to go to Heaven and wanting to stay on Earth-and wanting to go to Heaven while being willing to stay on Earth. Votes: 3

Simplicity is about clarity of thought and being willing to stay in a problem long enough to come to a solution, though it could be right in front of you. Votes: 3

I don't think you earn the right to a message until you've earned it by having a real fight, really being willing to stand up for what you believe in. Votes: 3

Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost. Votes: 3

You must be willing to give total unconditional love to everyone, under all circumstances. That means being willing to be totally responsible for what you do and how you do it. Votes: 3

I open myself genuinely to all people by being willing to fully communicate my deepest feelings, since hiding in any degree keep me stuck in my illusion of separateness from other people. Votes: 3

The more information that's out there, the greater the returns to just being willing to sit down and apply yourself. Information isn't what's scarce; it's the willingness to do something with it. Votes: 3

A choice with no consequences has no value. Making a choice knowing there will be consequences, and being willing to bear them, is what distinguishes the right choices from the wrong ones. Votes: 3

One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant. Votes: 3

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless, it's about being willing to experience fear, even dread, to do what we must, without guarantee of outcome. Votes: 3

It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice whether or not we wish to pay the price for life's rewards. Votes: 3

It's not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone's got it. It's about being willing to go that extra mile to be the best and that's something that I've always done. Votes: 3

I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being willing to live and die for something bigger than yourself. Votes: 3

Part of writing a novel is being willing to leap into the blackness. You have very little idea, really, of what's going to happen. You have a broad sense, maybe, but it's this rash leap. Votes: 3

I was first a reader and without readers what would be the point in writing. For those of you who love a good story, thank you for being willing to read what we writerly folk create. Votes: 3

Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move in a new direction of actually capturing the character and storytelling. Votes: 3

The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it. Votes: 3

Sometimes you can defuse a difficult situation simply by being willing to understand the other person. Often all that people need is to know that someone else cares about how they feel and it attempting to understand their position. Votes: 3

..Radiation...the biggest lobby ...in the world. It's involved in university research. ...industries...the whole medical profession.., the whole military establishment, and the economic and military policy of the country depends on people being willing to handle radio-active materials. Votes: 3

Courage is holding on one minute longer than everyone else. Courage is stepping forward when every fiber of your being says step back. Courage is being willing to do the impossible because it is the right thing to do. Votes: 3

Rather than constantly questioning and challenging our beliefs and being willing to think differently about the opportunities that are out there, we withdraw into what we've done before. And in a world that's rapidly changing, that's a formula for vulnerability. Votes: 3

Future strong leadership means being willing to stand alone. Often, the times we feel most vulnerable are when we stand alone, before others join us. When we choose to be the first voice echoing above the silence. Standing strong, alone. Votes: 3

I hope I'm building a record of being a good team player and not just standing for my principles but being willing to work for them. I think when you do that and you work really hard, people take notice. Votes: 3

Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it's doing the right thing when everyone is looking. It's being willing to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. Votes: 3

Remember, it is not your weakness that will get in the way of God's working through you, but your delusions of strength. His strength is made perfect in our weakness! Point to His strength by being willing to admit your weakness. Votes: 3

I think what has been the ultimate challenge for me is being willing to be honest with myself about what works for me in terms of relationships and sexual relations. In that sense, I was pretty traditional and pretty buttoned down. Votes: 3

The older I get the less I see spirituality as an accomplishment. It seems to me to be mostly a matter of letting go and being willing to receive the special gifts God desires to give to us in His timing. Votes: 3

If there is one thing for which we stand in this country, it is for complete religious freedom, and it is an emphatic negation of this right to cross-examine a man on his religion before being willing to support him for office. Votes: 3

So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for success, but merely being willing to risk the experiment of finding whether the truth they seek lies there. Votes: 3

Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that's me. That's just me. Votes: 3

For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don't, and being able to fail and to come back. Votes: 3

The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God. Votes: 3

It is easy enough to vote right and be consistently with the majority. But it is more often more important to be ahead of the majority and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary. Votes: 3

The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love. Votes: 3

Sometimes Holly could start to see the order in things, she got a glimmer of a pattern. And that thing everyone seems to say these days, about how things always happen for a reason- Holly was getting close to being willing to concede that that was maybe, possibly true." Votes: 3

'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice. Votes: 3

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on. Votes: 2

I'm willing to have two directors on the DuPont board, me being one of them. Votes: 2

There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge. Votes: 2

Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level. Votes: 2

One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. Votes: 2

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on. Votes: 2

Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream. Votes: 2

Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly. Votes: 2

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Votes: 2

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is. Votes: 2

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want. Votes: 2

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do. Votes: 2

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations. Votes: 2

How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by losing ourselves in our Blackberries, our iPhones, by not paying attention to the human being across from us who is talking with us, by being so lazy that we're not willing to process deeply? Votes: 2

Being willing makes you able. Votes: 0

A willing spirit is divine-being. Votes: 0

A willing spirit is a divine-being. Votes: 0

Being willing is not enough. We must do. Votes: 0

Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards. Votes: 0

Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity. Votes: 0

Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry. Votes: 0

I'm not really good at being predictive, so I guess I'm willing to be surprised. Votes: 0

If you are willing to expose your heart...being publicly private, you just may do something... Votes: 0

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that. Votes: 0

My definition of love is: Being willing to die for someone, that you yourself want to kill. Votes: 0

Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. Votes: 0

I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself. Votes: 0

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others. Votes: 0

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics. Votes: 0

It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives Votes: 0

Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another that does not require reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving Votes: 0

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be? Votes: 0

Many of us are being held hostage by bitterness because we are not willing to give to others what we have been given. Votes: 0

I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk. Votes: 0

Patience is so valuable I'm willing to wait forever to achieve it. And while I wait, I may as well get busy being short-tempered. Votes: 0

Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others. Votes: 0

I have no bones to pick and no fight with society. And I'm willing to be and interested in being in the mainstream of society. Votes: 0

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out. Votes: 0

If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter. Votes: 0

It is possible for every human being to be blissful, if you are willing to pay a little attention to how this human mechanism functions. Votes: 0

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right. Votes: 0

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? Votes: 0

When it comes to being a good lover, a guy has to ask a girl what she wants and be willing to give it to her. Votes: 0

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn. Votes: 0

There is an ability to move and transform things. I think each human being has that power, and it's often one that we are willing to relinquish to others. Votes: 0

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk of being less free. Votes: 0

The thing about fathers is that they are human. But, they stay bent on being heroes to their children, readily willing to give themselves up to effect improbable rescues. Votes: 0

Being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view to a viewing point - a higher, more expansive place, from which you can see both sides. Votes: 0