#unwilling

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#cling #dangerous #himself #illness #like

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it. ↗

— William Feather

#back #cannot #done #ninety-nine #nothing

You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#away #case #cliche #done #exerted

No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly. ↗

— Protagoras

#aware #base #believes #deeds #does

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#carry #comes #does #every #freedom

It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp. ↗

— Pat Sajak

#arms race #beat #been #country #down

No one who errs unwillingly is evil. ↗

— Sophocles

#evil #unwillingly #who

It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology. ↗

— John Sununu

#address #ago #current #designed #evolved

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#applied #disease #his #how #loves

But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus. ↗

— George Whitefield

#cast #die #evil #gospel #his