Quotes About Willpower

The destruction of the enemy's armed forces is but a means--and not necessarily an inevitable or infallible one--to the attainment of the real objective. The object of war is not to destroy the enemy's tanks but to destroy his will.

When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health.

True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

Co?my utracili? Nie wszystko przepad?o; niepodbita wola, studium zemsty, nigdy nie umieraj?ca nienawi??..." "I odwaga, która nigdy si? przed niczym nie ugina ani nie poddaje" - doko?czy?.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

He suddenly understood that power and pleasure were keenly entwined. One could succumb to such power. It corrupts the foolish and tests the resolute.

When men decide in their secretly dark or hungry hearts to work their own will, there is little that can stop them. They have inner weather, sometimes unpredictable.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —VINCE LOMBARDI Steve

Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.

'Tis the mind must guide the hand.

Once you've tasted freedom every choice you make thereafter is your own.

The future is driven by twin engines: will power and brain power. One shows you possibility, while the other creates it.

The only thing a person can genuinely make in this life is a decision.

There are only two ways to look at history: people either make things happen, or they let things happen. In that sense, all of history is bipolar; cognate of goodwill and bad fortune. Both philosophies, together, importune a reshaping of destiny.

This lack of self-control I fear is never ending

Whatever your bottle of liquor is, nothing is worth picking it up, and losing your self.

real bravery is doing what needs to be done, even if what needs to be done terrifies you to the depths of your soul.

He didn't wait to be formed by the universe. He shaped the universe to his will.

Easy, Marks,' he whispered. 'One of us has to have some self-control, and it really should be you.

I didn't expect it was going to be easy. But hard work is a lot easier to tolerate when it's something you want to do instead of something you have no choice about.

Seuls les actes décident de ce qu'on a voulu.

I will take what is mine and keep it for as long as i want

Sometimes you just find yourself standing in need to do something. No matter it seems hopeless.