Quotes About Willpower

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

What is important in a leader is a resolute will and determination. A man may be versatile and learned, but if he lacks resoluteness and determination, of what use will he be?

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

Ultimate freedom is a man's right to choose his attitude.

Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Boys do what they can; men do what they want

If a man knows what he wants, then he is in a position to decide that he will get it. This is faith. The determined decision of a man with desire.

Men make their own fates - it's personal, not a matter for debate.

There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learnt to separate them.

Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

Fighting isn't about knowing how," Ty said. "It's about deciding to.

Fighting isn't about knowing how, it's about deciding to.

Pelear no es cuestión de saber hacerlo, sino de decidir hacerlo.»

Princes were taught a thing or two about being rational, as they were taught to play a little lute and dance a passable ricercar. But what drove their actions was their own force of will; in the end they did as they pleased, rational or not.

This is what is meant by being single-minded. If you choose something, choose it with all your might, with all your heart. Don't be faint-hearted. Keep going! Keep moving toward it. Be determined.

If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.