Quotes About Willpower

He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a single thought: He cannot break me.

Destiny isn't a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice

Getting things down to routines and habits takes willpower at first but in the long run conserves willpower," says Baumeister.

some research has suggested that we become less disciplined as the day goes on. Turning off the TV and going upstairs to brush teeth takes energy at a time

En cuanto las actividades se hacen habituales, comienzan a operar como procesos automáticos, los cuales consumen menos fuerza de voluntad.

Finalmente, el autocontrol te permite relajarte porque elimina el estrés y te da la capacidad de conservar fuerza de voluntad para enfrentar los desafíos importantes.

la fuerza de voluntad, al igual que los músculos, se fatiga si se usa demasiado.

But eleven-year-old Max Rosen was determined to stay alive.

they were determined to survive to the end of the voyage.

Magick is the bringing into being the form of your desire.

Sometimes a champion is the one who is ready to act, not the strongest or the bravest.

I want you and it will be so, While I have life.

She's going to get through this. Because she has to.

I know what to do . . . I just can't do it.

Tinha aprendido que quando as pessoas estavam decididas a fazer algo que acreditavam ser uma boa ação, em geral era impossível dissuadi-las.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Will power is the only tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

You know where every impulse leads. Master all those that would carry you into situations you know and despise. If you cannot do that, you will never do anything.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

And why urge people to make an effort in this or that direction if everything, including the effort or its absence, is determined?

Clear your mind of all dread and suspicion; this is the first step in the wilderness life. Think not the water will drown you, or that anything in the water or on land will bite or poison you. Have confidence in nature and yourself. Perhaps three-fourths of your physical failures are due to lack of nerve and will-power. It

Before, I was always trying to make my relationships work by means of willpower and forced affability. This time I didn't have to strive for anything. A quality of ease spread over us.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.