Quotes About Willpower

I was thinking about choices and how we make them. About how some are so easy and some so hard. I was thinking how we make some because we want to and some because we have to.

Strength beyond the physical. Strength of will, determination, and intent—you have to use all three to bring things that can't be otherwise

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

Talga Vassternich!

She had thought she could make a difference. She had thought she could drive back the advancing horde—by the sheer weight of her will, if need be. It was arrogance on her part. The forces of freedom were lost.

This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.

He wanted one drink, and understood precisely why he wasn't going to have one. One drink ended up arriving in a dozen glasses.

YOU WILL NOT TELL THE RIVERS NOT TO FLOW. YOU WILL NOT TELL THE SUN NOT TO SHINE. YOU WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog.

muscles burned and her knees ached, but she did not stop. She owed that much to him and would not abandon him a second

THE GIRL WAS TWENTY-THREE POUNDS OF NO! NO, BED! NO, SLEEP! No, no, no!

Those who practice restraint in body, word, and mind are surely in control of themselves.

If you will it, it's not a dream.

If you really want it, then it is no fairy tale

If you will it, it is no dream

When I was on dialysis, I willed myself to do 'On the Town.' It accesses my most childlike, joyful love of theater.

A lot of people judge you on your height, your wingspan, but it's really about the will and the determination that defines a person.

I'm on a no-gummy bear or juice diet, and my body feels like it's dying on the inside.

People can say what they want about me. But I've got a big heart and will keep going.

That's what is incredible about human beings, is the choice to keep going.

When we're trying to form and keep habits, we often search - even unconsciously - for loopholes. We look for justifications that will excuse us from keeping this particular habit in this particular situation.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out.

She was keen on the idea that a strong mind, enforced with a strong will, could overcome any difficulty.