Quotes About Willpower

Jusqu'au dernier moment l'homme qui, doué d'une volonté prométhéenne, veut arracher à la terre son secret sentira la griffe du doute lui déchirer le cÅ"ur.

today our physicians make use of radium: but no matter the method adopted, every one of them depends to a large extent for its efficacy upon the power it has of arousing the will-to-health in the patient.

Ojalá su impaciencia consiga más que mi paciencia.

Çünkü insanl?k tarihi davetsiz misafirleri sevmezdi; kahramanlar?n? kendi seçer, ne kadar usand?r?c? bir çabaya girerse girsinler hakk? olmayanlar? ac?mas?zca geri çevirirdi; talihin ilerlemekte olan arabas?ndan bir kez düÅŸen bir kiÅŸi, arabaya bir daha yetiÅŸemezdi.

Mark Baker, Mary's father, was a man of very strict views, his head being as hard as his fist. "You could not move him any more than you could move old Kearsarge," his neighbors were wont to say of him — Kearsarge being a nearby mountain. This obstinacy, this indomitable will, was certainly handed down to Mary, the seventh child, born July 16, 1821.

El que hace una concesión no puede ya detenerse.

Flora inherited, however, from her father a strong will and from her mother a slender ankle.

What a pleasant life could be had in this world by a handsome, sensible old lady of good fortune, blessed with a sound constitution and a firm will

Some people believe that an attractive woman cannot stop men falling in love with her; but she can. If she really, in her deepest heart, does not want it, neither will they.

She detested rows and scenes, but enjoyed quietly pitting her cool will against opposition. It amused her; and when she was defeated, she withdrew in good order and lost interest in the campaign. She had little or no sporting spirit. Bloody battles to the death bored her, nor did she like other people to win.

You will survive because you have to. Period.

Few serve truth in truth because only few have the pure will to be just, and of those again very few have the strength to be just.

If you don't have the willpower to stop eating carbs, you won't have the willpower to do a dissertation. #truth.

The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

My will can control anything that's empty.

His will had become as hard as steel, neither fatigue nor hardship could bend it.

What Jewish tradition refers to as the yetzer ha-ra. [15]

Best believe our fates are our own, even if the evidence denies it.

I am a man who fasts until I see what I want.

The great advantage of being a reasonable creature is that you can find a reason for whatever you want to do

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy shared more than just being leaders during critical times and the misfortune of lives cut short. They shared a power of will to drive the nation, sometimes single-handedly, toward a destination that few but they realized was attainable.

So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because they're on offer to you, because you don't have much self-respect left. You just can't say no, even to something that you've never done before. You just can't help yourself.