Quotes About Willpower

Oh, I'll fight you," she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. "That's the way I roll.

His hand covered my mouth. "Don't. Tell me when, then. And before you say never, take a good look at me and tell me if you see a man who's easily deterred.

I would like to write a symbolic allegory about a person who would not assert her will and communicate with others, but who always believed she was unaccepted, and apart.

Pero ¿qué es el noveno reino?», le pregunta a una mujer de ojos azules y piel arrugada. «Es el reino de la negación, de la voluntad congelada -responde-. No hay retorno posible.»

In wishing to know ourselves fully, we must forget our quest for gain and seek only completion. At a certain point in our development, we no longer even seek to become Mystic, Magister, Sorcerer, or Witch: we seek only our own perfection in the wholeness of our Will, in the joining of light with dark and strength with love. We are varied and gorgeous yet pure of heart. Our aim is this: to know ourselves and to know the world.

For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it! - The Rum Tum Tugger

Moroccan traffic isn't like normal traffic. It's armed combat, a war of wills, in which only the very bravest have a chance to survive.

We are free -- to become agents of whatever power we wish.

When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.

The gods cannot reveal all things; otherwise, where is men's right to choose their fates? Where is your right to choose?

Gods of fire and ice, bless my new home, she whispered in Yamani. Keep my will burning as hot as the heart of the volcano, and as hard and implacable as a glacier.

To breathe was patently an act of will, each time more was taken than was needed, and yet found to be inadequate.

Vi er treblåsarar, lokka av ting vi ikkje står imot.

most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

But who is stronger than death? Me, _evidently._

Thumbs my eyes, throws my breath, tackles my heart, And rain hacks my head to the bone, the hawk hangs The diamond point of will that polestars The sea drowner's endurance:

One of Satan's most seductive traps is convincing us that we cannot do what we will not do.

Surely, Haagar was the stronger when it came to will, but Myown drew her life directly from her soul.

Me acosté y no quise leer, capaz que hice mal porque no me venía el sueño y me pasaba lo de siempre a esa hora en que se pierde la voluntad y las ideas saltan de todos lados y parecen ciertas, todo lo que se piensa de golpe es cierto y casi siempre horrible y no hay manera de quitárselo de encima ni rezando.

The essential thing is not to let oneself be impressed by the omnipotence and apparent triumph of the forces of the epoch. These forces, devoid of connection with any higher principle, are in fact on a short chain.

It's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.

Don't start something that you cannot finish.

Everyone keeps telling me what I can't do, but they're wrong. The only thing I can't do is nothing.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.