"Strong-willed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to swell, and choked back a sob. It wrung him to hear the little breath catch, but he was a man, strong-willed and resolute. Though he dug his finger nails into his palms till the flesh was cut he would not give ...
— Bucky O'Connor • William MacLeod Raine
... work of Bismarck. "When Germany had won a mighty position on a level with the older Great Powers," says Prince Buelow, "the path of international politics lay open to her ... In the Emperor William II. the nation found a clear-sighted, strong-willed guide who led them along ...
— The War and Democracy • R.W. Seton-Watson, J. Dover Wilson, Alfred E. Zimmern,
... pour me distraire this side of the grave, the dower-house, a coach, a pair of wind-broken horses, and the consolations of religion! If we were capable of it. . . . But where's the use of talking? We're Vyells. And—here's my point—Oliver is a Vyell. He may be strong-willed, but—did mamma happen to talk at all about ...
— Lady Good-for-Nothing • A. T. Quiller-Couch
... afraid of changes and crises periods but cooperate with them clear-eyed and strong-willed. Then they will result in improvement ...
— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr
... become something more than mere symbols. They appear as creatures of flesh and blood, living men with their own passions, ambitions, and aspirations like the rest of us. Let us view them in turn. A is a full-blooded blustering fellow, of energetic temperament, hot-headed and strong-willed. It is he who proposes everything, challenges B to work, makes the bets, and bends the others to his will. He is a man of great physical strength and phenomenal endurance. He has been known to walk forty-eight hours at a stretch, and to pump ninety-six. His life is arduous ...
— Literary Lapses • Stephen Leacock
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