Quotes About Willpower

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.

If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . . only through discipline may a man learn to be free.

For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.

The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.

Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long.

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.

Man Is Something That Must Be Overcome

All things must; man is the only creature that wills.

No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.

No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.

Nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof—is there? Is there, baby?

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

The power of the mind is your power. Use it. Don't let it use you.

Y]ou have an inner strength that makes it possible for you to do things other people couldn't even begin to think of doing.

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat

My God, I choose everything, I will not be a Saint by halves, I am not afraid of suffering for Thee, I only fear one thing, and that is to do my own will. Accept the offering of my will, for I choose all that Thou willest.

Challenges are unique to every individual. What makes a challenge difficult or easy is the level of power inherent within it. Easy challenges do not require a great deal of effort, and therefore their yields are poor. Difficult challenges, on the other hand, require a great deal of effort, and in exercising the will in order to conquer them, they yield magnificent gifts of power.

A warrior cuts out all unnecessary acts; in this way he saves his personal power.