Quotes About Willpower

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Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.

So you will be...  What you 'will' to be

The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.

So You will be what you will to be;

The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.

The truly self-possessed, however, are free from the whims of fate and chance. Calmly, they affect their will, and with strength of character and purity of intention, they attract to their person solely positive outcomes. To

Without self-discipline a man drifts lower and lower, approximating more and more nearly to the beast, until at last he grovels, a lost creature, in the mire of his own befoulment. By self-discipline a man rises higher and higher, approximating more and more nearly to the divine, until at last he stands erect in his divine dignity, a saved soul, glorified by the radiance of his purity. Let a man discipline himself, and he will live; let a man cease to discipline himself, and he will perish.

CALMNESS of thoughts is one of the stunning jewels of awareness. It is the end result of long and affected person effort in strength of will. Its presence is a sign of ripened revel in, and of a greater than regular expertise of the legal guidelines and operations of thought.

So You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word, 'environment,' But spirit scorns it, and is free.

A man does not live until he begins to discipline himself ; he merely exists.

Renew your resolution daily, and in the hour of temptation do not depart from the right path.

You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word, environment, But spirit scorns it, and is free.

dig deep into the mine of his soul; and that he's the maker of his character, the moulder of his life, and the builder of his destiny, he may unerringly show, if he will watch, manage, and adjust his thoughts, tracing their outcomes upon

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. Doubt and worry are the exceptional enemies of understanding, and he who encourages them, who does no longer slay them, thwarts himself at each step.

Before a man can achieve anything, even in worldly things, he must elevate his mind above slavish animal indulgence. He may not, so that it will prevail, surrender all animality and selfishness, by way of any way; but a portion of it should, as a minimum, be sacrificed.

You will be what you will to be;

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration:

La Voluntad humana, la fuerza invisible, La descendencia de un alma inmortal, Conquista cualquier meta sin importar, Aunque intervengan muros invencibles.

He only is fitted to command and control who has succeeded in commanding and controlling himself.

only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.

The great stumbling-block is not the habit itself, it is the belief in the impossibility of overcoming it. How can a man overcome a bad habit so long as he is convinced that it is impossible? How can a man be prevented from overcoming it when he knows that he can, and is determined to do it?

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step. He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.