Quotes About Willpower

Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can!

Success begins with a fellow's will— It's all in the state of mind.

master of his fate, the captain of his soul.

Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!

Ela tem esse efeito para todas aquelas pessoas cuja força de vontade é fraca, devido a longos hábitos estabelecidos de alienação. Ela tem o efeito oposto em todos aqueles que não foram enfraquecidos pela alienação. O não alienado esbarra com o fracasso ou com a derrota temporária, mas a sua reação para todas as formas de adversidade é positiva. Ele luta em vez de desistir. E acaba ganhando.

The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.

LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.

He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win.

What can you do with a man who has an invincible purpose in him; who never knows when he is beaten; and who, when his legs are shot off, will fight on the stumps. Difficulties and opposition do not daunt him. He thrives upon persecution; it only stimulates him to more determined endeavor. The world always listens to a man with a will in him.

If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't If you like to win, but you think you can't, It is almost certain you won't.

nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized

Forced idleness is far worse than forced labor. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control and strength of will and content and a hundred other virtues which the idle will never know.

The urge to continue was stronger than the desire to quit." Remember that time when you wanted to quit, but something drove you to keep going? It may have been your "other self.

Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.

Barnes literally thought  himself into a partnership with the great Edison! He thought himself into a fortune. He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to KNOW WHAT HE WANTED, AND THE DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE REALIZED IT. He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win. With these intangible forces he made himself number one man with the greatest inventor who ever lived.

YOU ARE "THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE, THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SOUL

Through the faculty of will-power, one may discourage the presence of any emotion, and encourage the presence of any other. Control of the mind, through the power of will, is not difficult. Control comes from persistence, and habit. The secret of control lies in understanding the process of transmutation. When any negative emotion presents itself in one's mind, it can be transmuted into a positive, or constructive emotion, by the simple procedure of changing one's thoughts.

The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile." Another

Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically everyone must conquer.

law of reversed effect, which states that whenever there is a conflict between imagination and willpower, the imagination wins.

The basis of persistence is the POWER OF WILL.

It is my duty, and a privilege to say I believe, and not without reason, that nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring

SYMPTOMS OF LACK OF PERSISTENCE

KNOW WHAT HE WANTED, AND THE DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE REALIZED IT.