The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
Barbara Sher

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.
Diane Feinstein

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
Marianne Williamson

The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless.
Bram Cohen

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.
Sue Kelly

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief.
Fred Saberhagen

The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
Yitzhak Rabin

The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.
Elihu Root

The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them.
John Charles Polanyi

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
Ralph Ellison

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us, but you'll have to kill a lot of us; you may have to kill all of us. And, thank heaven, we are not yet ready to do that.
George Wald

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Jeff Miller

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
Joan Didion

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.
Angela Merkel

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.
Chuck Jones

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.
Rocco DiSpirito

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.
Gerald Jampolsky

Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.
Charlie Sheen