Quotes About Willpower

Patience, Firmness, and Perseverance were my only weapons; and these I resolved to use to the utmost.

What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham?  Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that of having no temptations to resist?

Šta stvara vrlinu, gospo?o Grejam? Da li sposobnost i volja da se ?ovek odupre iskušenju, ili nepostojanje iskušenja?

it is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose.

I can't imagine how anyone can say: I'm weak, and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: Because it's so much easier not to!

To be honest, I can't imagine how anyone could say 'I'm weak' and then stay that way. If you know that about yourself, why not fight it, why not develop your character? Their answer has always been: 'Because it's much easier not to!

Quite honestly, I can't imagine how anyone can say: I'm weak, and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: Because it's so much easier not to!

It's not like you don't have a choice, because you do—you can either type or kill yourself.

If we can still surmount what is natural and believe what we wish to believe, in spite of the force of evidence, then for a while at least we are masters of our fate, and we can paint the world we want.

The essence of strength is not in overpowering others, but in mastering oneself.

If we can still surmount what is natural and believe what we wish to believe, in spite of the force of evidence, then for a while at least we are masters of our fate, and we can paint the world we want. I

rare courage, and a force of character

Drink. she whispered, drawing nearer. Drink. she held the soft, tender flesh of the wrist towards me. No. I know what to do; haven't I done it in the past? I said to her.

You think he has no will of his own? You are a fool, Charlotte. Lie with him instead of me!' I laughed at her, and seeing the pain in her eyes, I laughed more. 'I should like to see it, you and your daimon. Lie there and call him to come now.

Son tu conciencia y tu voluntad las que deben mantenerte vivo.

and only by the coldest act of will did I avoid falling into a black pit of grief, so black that it would blind me to anything and everything.

I could scarcely keep myself from laying hands on him, from forcing him to my will, never mind his legendary strength, his gruesome temper. I'd lay hold of him and make him submit.

I want that boy, the one who won't do what you try to force him to do.

If you live by your conscience you do what you want.

People think you always have to go for life, but you don't. You can quit.

In fact, determination is precisely what's needed to write poetry or create art. Determination of the will opens the door for us to trust ourselves enough to actually find the words.

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Oh, John is clever enough. But what do brains avail a man if he does lack for backbone?

In a contest of wills between John and his mother, he did not think John would prevail, indeed he hoped he would not. But he did not care to be a witness to their confrontation; he suspected Eleanor's methods would be neither maternal nor merciful.