Quotes About Willpower

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.

the more brutal or austere the diet, the harder it is to keep.

Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don't kick you around.

Do not do what you want, and then you may do what you like.

If devotees do not progress, it is because they discard their weapons of self-control;

When you say to me that you can't do this or that, I don't believe it. Whatever you make up your mind to do, you can do. God is the sum total of everything, and His image is within you. He can do anything, and so can you, if you learn to identify yourself with His inexhaustible nature.

The more your mind resists a bad habit instead of embracing it gleefully, the more you will build up the inner strength eventually to overcome it. Thus

Surcharge Your Will Power Through Concentration The way to become receptive is to sit quietly and concentrate your thoughts on a worthy wish until your mind and thought become completely dissolved in that idea. Then will power becomes divine — omniscient and omnipotent — and can be successfully applied toward realizing your goal.

Abstente de hacer lo que deseas, y podrás entonces hacer lo que te plazca».

Heavenly Father, I will reason; I will will; I will act; but guide Thou my reason, will, and activity to the right thing that I should do.

God is pulling man and maya is pulling man, and man is free to move toward either.

The germ of success in whatever you want to accomplish is in your will power.

When you are able to employ your will always for constructive purposes, you become the controller of your destiny.

To develop will by yourself is extremely difficult. You require an example before you. If you would be an artist, surround yourself with good paintings and artists. If you would be a divine man, surround yourself with spiritual company.

The more you depend on the will and Cosmic Energy to sustain yourself, the less your food requirements; the more you depend on food, the weaker your will and the less your recourse to Cosmic Energy.

L'action semble succéder à la pensée, mais, en réalité, l'action et la pensée se produisent simultanément. En menant une action qui est sous le contrôle de la volonté, nous pouvons indirectement gouverner les sentiments qui échappent à son influence.

La acción parece seguir al sentimiento, pero en realidad, acción y sentimiento van juntos y, regulando la acción, que se halla bajo el dominio directo de la voluntad, podemos regular indirectamente el sentimiento, que no lo está".

Preliminary 3: Deciding to Do It

the intention points the way, and then habituated thought and desire must be redirected to support the intention in the moments of action.

The will to obey is the engine that pulls the train of spirituality in Christ. But spirituality in many Christian circles has simply become another dimension of Christian consumerism. We have generated a body of people who consume Christian services and think that that is Christian faith.

Can anyone now seriously believe that if people are only permitted or enabled to do what they want, they will then be happy or more disposed to do what is right?

In people without rock-solid character, feeling is a deadly enemy of self-control and will always subvert it. The mongoose of a disciplined will under God and good is the only match for the cobra of feeling.

The human spirit craves for mastery over its carnal shell.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.