Quotes About Willpower

Nu cunosc un alt fel de a duce la îndeplinire Å£eluri mari decât jocul; aceasta este, ca indiciu al m?reÅ£iei, o premis? esenÅ£ial?. Cea mai mic? constrângere, un chip întunecat, o nota dur? în voce sunt toate obiecÅ£ii ce se îndreapt? împotriva unui om, ÅŸi cu mult mai mult împotriva operei sale!

The psychological problem apparent in the Zarathustra type is how someone who to an unprecedented degree says no and does no to everything everyone has said yes to so far, – how somebody like this can nevertheless be the opposite of a no-saying spirit

you had to become master over yourself, master of your own good qualities. Formerly they were your masters: but they should be merely your tools along with other tools.

One should hold fast one's heart; for when one letteth it go, how quickly doth one's head run away!

Greatness of character consists in having one's feelings under control. And even without any pleasure in this restraint, but merely because.

No victor believes in chance.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Omul e doar o funie, întins? între bestie ÅŸi Supraom — o funie peste un abis

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.

When the will loves anything that is below it in dignity, it degrades itself.

Peace belongs only to those who will to have it

La persistencia de su recuerdo le aumentaba la rabia. Cuando despertó pensando en él, al día siguiente del entierro, logró quitarselo de la memoria con un simple gesto de la voluntad. Pero la rabia volvía siempre, y muy pronto se dio cuenta que el deseo de olvidarlo era el más fuerte estímulo para recordarlo. Entonces se atrevió a evocar por primera vez, vencida por la nostalgia, los tiempos ilusorios de aquel amor irreal

My freedom is not and cannot be something that I observe as I observe an outward fact; rather it must be something that I decide, moreover, without appeal. It is beyond the power of anyone to reject the decision by which I assert my freedom and this assertion is ultimately bound up with the consciousness that I have of myself.

I had been able to break the curse myself. I'd had to have reason enough, love enough to do it, to find the will and the strength.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: La verdadera libertad consiste en el dominio absoluto de sí mismo (Galileo Galilei)

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I'm a firm believer that where there's a will, there's a way.

'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

The answer to New Orleans's levee woes is painfully obvious: money and willpower.