“You cannot live a political life, you cannot live a moral life if you're not willing to open your eyes and see the world more clearly. See some of the injustice that's going on. Try to make yourself aware of what's happening in the world. And when you are aware, you have a responsibility to act.” IfsWorldTryingEyePoliticalResponsibilityMoralWillingHappeningsInjusticePolitical LifeMoral Life Author:Bill Ayers
“The prayer of faith is a prayer willing to believe and prevail for God's answer in a situation that is utterly impossible. Regardless of the difficulty of the situation, you require no external confirmation but believe God in spite of appearance. Your eyes are on God, not on the situation.” BelieveEyePrayerAnswersSituationImpossibleWillingDifficultyAppearanceSpiteBelieve In GodConfirmation Book:Mighty Prevailing Prayer Source: Mighty Prevailing Prayer
“I am willing to believe that my unobtainable sixty seconds within a sponge or a flatworm might not reveal any mental acuity that I would care to call consciousness. But I am also confident [...] that vultures and sloths, as close evolutionary relatives with the same basic set of organs, lie on our side of any meaningful (and necessarily fuzzy) border and that we are therefore not mistaken when we look them in the eye and see a glimmer of emotional and conceptual affinity.” BelieveLooksMightEyeCareLyingSidesConsciousnessEmotionalWillingMeaningfulBordersSecondsOrgansSixtyMistakenSlothAffinitySpongesFuzzyVulture Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I took one glance at her in that hospital bed under the dull light and recognised the look on her face, which I'd seen on donors often enough before. It was like she was willing her eyes to see right inside herself, so she could patrol and marshal all the better the separate areas of pain in her body.” LooksBookEnoughBodyLightEyePainFacesLanguageWillingBedAreasDullHospitalsHer EyesGlancesDonors Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which we must choose the values by which we will live (rather than unquestioningly follow some tradition for no better reason than that our own parents did), we need to be willing to stand on our own judgment and trust our own intelligence-to look at the world through our own eyes-to chart our course and think through how to achieve the future we want, to commit ourselves to continuous questioning and learning-to be, in a word, self-responsible.” ThinkingWorldWantNeedsLooksSelfReasonPhilosophyEyeValuesCoursesParentAchieveInformationWillingPerspectiveJudgmentTraditionResponsibleCommitExposedQuestioning Book:Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality Source: Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality
“To try to stop war by placing before men's eyes the terrible suffering involved will never succeed, because men are willing (in their thoughts and imaginations at least) to face any kind of suffering when motivated by noble aims like the vague and tremendous concept of freedom ... Or, in their humility (or sloth - who knows?) men are quite willing to leave decisions to others 'who know more about it than we do.” KnowsMenTryingKindWarEyeFacesSufferingImaginationDecisionHumilityWillingInvolvedTerribleSucceedConceptsAimNobleMotivatedKnow MeVagueSlothStop War Author:Dorothy Day
“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.” IfsWantHumansLooksMatterFactsEyeDogWillingCatWarmContactWant MeSheepYou Want MeGuardedEye ContactDo You Want Me Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“If you've got a good idea and you're willing to do whatever it takes to pursue it, keep your head up and eyes open because you don't know when opportunity will come knocking.” IfsKnowsIdeasEyeOpportunityWillingPursueGood IdeasKnockingWhatever It TakesHeads Up Author:Paula Deen
“Vladimir Putin and Russia. 'When a bear wakes up from hibernation, he doesn't eat a few blueberries and then go back to sleep.' They have their eyes on Eastern Europe, and if NATO is not willing to stand up forcefully to this threat today, it will only become more difficult to do so down the road.” IfsEyeTodayDifficultSleepWillingBearsEuropeWake UpThreatRussiaEasternPutinDown The RoadNatoEastern EuropeBlueberriesHibernation Author:Seth Moulton
“He who walks may see and understand. You can study all America from one hilltop, if your eyes are open and your mind is willing to reach. But first you must walk to that hill.” IfsMindFirstsMayEyeAmericaWalksStudyWillingHills Author:Hal Borland
“I'm really happy to be working with CES Boxing, Gary Shaw Productions and Eye of the Tiger Management. It shows the direction in which Golden Boy Promotions is heading - in terms of bringing the best fights to the fans. It shows that Golden Boy Promotions is willing to work with anybody in order to satisfy the boxing fans.” ShowsEyeOrderFightingTermBoysFansWillingManagementProductionsGoldenBoxingTigersPromotionHeadingsReally HappyGaryGolden Boy Author:Oscar De La Hoya
“To be sure the landscape can't run away, and yet I always fear that it may. [Sometimes] I must set up my tripod, so I worry that the landscape may disappear the next second and I don't stop keeping an eye on it while I get prepared. Then, when pressing the shutter, I hold my breath. These moments are the greatest joys in my life, as if I were undressing the most beautiful woman in the world - that is, if she will allow herself be undressed. If the photo is a success, it means that she was willing. If not, it has been a lovely dream.” IfsWorldMayMeanHas BeensSometimesMomentsDreamEyeRunningBeautifulJoyNextWorryWillingBreathsPreparedDisappearLovelyLandscapeRunning AwayBeautiful WomenShuttersUndressingMost Beautiful Woman In The WorldTripods Author:Mario Giacomelli
“The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world with the eye of a man educating himself. This is a central fact in the Mark Twain legacy. He became an American spokesman for the ideals of racial equality and dignity for the working man because he was willing to look the world in its face and see, really see what was happening to the people in it.” PeopleMenWorldHumansLooksCountryFactsEyeFacesHuman BeingsInterestingSawsWillingGrewDevelopmentHappeningsIdealsDignityMarkLegacyScopeWorking ManRacial Equality Author:Hal Holbrook