W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

I cannot give up my will - I must exercise it, putting it into action.

It comes from within.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality.

If I lose touch with that... the reason why I act... then I'll leave it all. I don't do it for fame or money.

We're all capable of being more than we presently are, and the effort that it takes and the will that it takes and sometimes the trauma and tragedy that it takes to force us into that kind of growth is the story of our lives.

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

I want people to find their inner depth.

I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.

Jesus was a teacher, in a way. I mean, essentially, Jesus was a teacher. He was teaching people. He was helping them see themselves for what they were. He was helping them see their power, their strength, their beauty, what they're capable of.

My pride and my power of vision were all that I owned when I started - and whatever I achieved, was achieved by means of them. Both are greater now. Now I have the knowledge of the superlative value I had missed: of my right to be proud of my vision. The rest is mine to reach.

Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will.

You really have to look inside yourself to find your inner strength.

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but in a little while I conquered my weakness and felt a pleasure I never knew before - that of doing as I willed.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

Mind is all that counts. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be.