Quotes About Willpower

Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; the hardest victory is the victory over self.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.

Oh! Much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay And much may be gained by relying On "Where there's a Will There's a Way."

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Oh my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.

No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

within me so that my divine relationship with all men will be restored. I ask for the will to forgive and move forward in love. I lay down my weapons. I open my heart. I forgive. I let it be! And so it is!

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