Quotes About Willpower

The greatness of man lies in the decision to be stronger than his condition.

I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

It's up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

You don't need to know how. You just make up your mind and it happens.

You just make up your mind and it happens.

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

I am not sure I have the strength to resist this.

I'm about to give up, but I stop. I always try to last at least three minutes longer than giving up.

Let it go and Hold on! In the way of so many great philosophies, those apparent opposites prove to be two sides of the same coin. To hold securely to the well-formed purposes of your own will, you must let go of the vain idea that you can control people or events or the tides of fate. You can't change what was, nor entirely control what will be. But you can choose who you are and what you stand for and what you will try to accomplish.

Battles aren't always—or even usually—won by killing everybody on the other side. They're won inside the other side's brains and wills. Given the right weapons, the right tactical situation, anyone can kill an enemy. Convincing her to yield, to do what you set out to compel her to do without killing her—that's harder.

Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself.

Fate isn't one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.

I can do what I need to do. I can get where I want to go, no matter how hard it is.

Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others--and I am one of those--never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It's not a question of courage. It's something constitutional, an inability to let go. It may be nothing more than life hungry stupidity.

Janet Jackson kicked off this curious phenomenon, Madonna continued it, Beyoncé is its apex. Here dancing is intended as a demonstration of the female will, a concrete articulation of its reach and possibilities. The lesson is quite clear. My body obeys me. My dancers obey me. Now you will obey me.

So I do not pray. I accept the means at my disposal for working out my destiny. It seems to me that I have been given a mind and will power for that very purpose.

You can't beat nobody down so low till you can rob 'em of they will.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

Well, addiction does start with a choice.

I'm such an addictive personality that I can say yes or no.

For me, aggression means not to be shy and to do what your mind tells you.

Even when I was hurt, I was always the aggressor, no matter what.

Men can do all things if they will.

If I want something, I will get it. I am the most ambitious person you have ever met.