Norton Juster Quotes

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Nothing happens until you decide.

I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Action is stronger than subjectivity. No matter what you feel or think, you can still act.

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

Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is the imminence, immediate or remote, of the performance of an involuntary act.

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

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

He who does not want does not act.

You have to make it happen.

Whatever can be done in this world will be done. The only question is whether it will be done by you or to you.

People are decisions and actions.

It's not can you, it's will you

There is always a gap between intention and action.

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move from place to place, or that a ship provided with a compass can sail without a wind.