You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you’re dealing with.
In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.
I remember having pizza at Shakey’s in Vancouver, Washington in 1973 and talking about the fact that eventually, everyone is going to be online and have access to newspapers and stuff, and wouldn’t people be willing to pay for information on a computer terminal.
What you want to watch are the lenders, not the borrowers. The borrowers will always be willing to take a great deal for themselves. It’s up to the lenders to show restraint, and when they lose it, watch out.
Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
As long as they’re willing to pay to prove it, I’m willing to let them.
Rules are made for people who aren’t willing to make up their own.
In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn’t willing to have an independent Palestinian state.
Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it’s possible to be an artist and a good person.
If our women are willing to die with us, who is there to say no?
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
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.
For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.
I like circle time and school drop-off. And I like that I have kids still willing to hold my hand.
America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq.
On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them.
Knowing that there is a community of people on every corner of this planet that believes in justice, that is willing to sacrifice, and that is willing to take a stand is the most heartening thing.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
It is unfortunately true that our generation and that of your parents have left you with a big mess that will now be yours to clean up: wars, budget challenges, pollution, global warming, battles of health care, natural disasters. They’re all there for you. We’re willing those to you. Are you ready?
There’s a small club of women who are willing to age.
Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.
I feel like people are so eager and willing to accept the concept of females being bisexual and having it be a very natural thing, but as soon as a male proclaims himself as bisexual, we automatically dismiss it and say, ‘No, he’s just gay.’
I’ve longed for kids since I was very, very young. And so… I’m waiting to find the right person, someone who’s willing to take on the job.
The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day’s work could make a decent living. That’s just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
As I have said before, that Federal Penal Code could never have been enacted into law if we had had a responsible press who was willing to tell the American people the truth about what it actually provides. Nor would we have had a bill had it not been for the United States Supreme Court.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
Look at the evidence and to be willing to question your own truths, and to be willing to scrutinize things that you hold dearly because that way, that transparency, that self-awareness, will protect you from ever becoming somebody that whose beliefs somehow make them have myopic vision about what could be.
Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real reform will require.
The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey. But you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
One of the great lessons I’ve learned in athletics is that you’ve got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you’ve got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.
You’ve got to be willing to forgive and say, ‘God, get something good out of something bad.’ And if you’ll make that choice… God will do it.
I’m willing to work with all parties to reform Indonesia.
We’ll look to the fall and if there is a new president and a new Senate that’s part of a Congress willing to change, that’s the next step.
I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as they make their way through a plotline that I hope is engrossing enough to keep the reader a willing participant.
God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.
People are still willing to do an honest day’s work. The trouble is they want a week’s pay for it.
Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.
For him to have understood me would have meant reorganizing his thinking… giving up his intellectual ballast, and few people are willing to risk such a radical move.
Though many men would be content to follow Christ by taking up their cross, few would be willing to follow Him by denying their reason.
Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.
It’s always better to treat those with whom you disagree with compassion – if not for compassion’s sake, then because it makes it much more likely that they’ll actually be willing to listen to what you have to say.
The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don’t do it unless you’re willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or maybe give that county the support, the financial support that the market is not willing not do.
We found in ‘The Matrix’ that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.
It’s because I have no sense of shame that I’m always willing to give things a go: I’ve ridden horses naked into the sea, I’ve climbed rocks, all kinds of things.
The No. 1 job is to help a player reach their highest potential, and that’s not possible without being able to relate with them. That’s been helpful, and as far as my knowledge base is concerned, that stems from being around great coaches willing to share.
A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or an individual, it is always supposed to be ready and willing to repair it.
Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.
At its core, our military is comprised of service members who are proud of their country and are willing to go to great lengths to protect American virtues of liberty and justice. I was one of them.
People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.
I don’t think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.
What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance.
They were very generous with me. Everybody was willing to talk about their particular accident, what they had to deal with and how they got back in touch with their competitors’ spirit.
What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers.
