Quotes About Willpower

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The only difference between a futile madman and an effective tyrant is power and will.

If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough

Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former fall into it, and the latter pursue it at all costs. They won't be denied. Nothing daunts them.

Don't be stupid, Katra. Never speak in anger and never try to force your will onto someone else. You'll never find peace in that. (Acheron)

Mind control won't work on those who are really hardheaded. You know… Creatures like you.

Stay out there! Don't you dare come back in here with those evil mind tricks! (Simone) Does it buy me any bonus points to note that you have a really nice looking ass? (Xypher)

Fine, but I'm not ripping the head off a voodoo chicken or drinking anything disgusting. (Grace)

And human will is the strongest force ever created. There are those born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former fall into it, and the latter pursue it all costs. They won't be denied.Nothing daunts them.

I won't die like this again. (Zarek) Backbone. How I love it. But not as much as I love sucking the marrow from it. (Thanatos)

There was nothing like their will to survive and to protect. They were truly the most vicious and loyal creatures ever born. And she had callously thrown that away for a group of bitches who lacked all understanding of real loyalty.

I lead a life of severe self-control mitigated by moments of impulse.

I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

I hate this phrase, but it's a "can do" attitude [that's important] that, whatever you do in life, you should have.

To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.

If you go around promising what you do not yet have, you will lose the will to achieve it.

Your intention rules your life and determines the outcome.

I've never quit anything in my life.

Life is tons of discipline.

This is the reason we cannot complain of life: it keeps no one against his will.

Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.

Jij weet toch wel hoe koppig de vrouwen in jouw gezin kunnen zijn als ze zich iets hebben voorgenomen?

A man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself . . . . He belongs to whatever can make captive of him.

Those whom the fates don't lead they finally drag