Quotes About Willpower

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Man alone resists the direction of gravitation: he constantly wants to fall--upwards.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow.

A true man does what he will, not what he must.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

Man's will creates the things that paralyze his brain and brutalize his heart.

The concept of fate is an open insult against man's willpower!

..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

The soul of man createth its own destiny.

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.

Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.

The strongest wind cannot stagger a Spirit; it is a Spirit's breath. A just man's purpose cannot be split on any Grampus or material rock, but itself will split rocks till it succeeds.

Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death.

There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.

Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches.

Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the gods can do nothing against that man.

No secret man. Just starvation, hunger and diet.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

But you have to take control of your destiny. And sometimes that's not easy.