Quotes About Willpower

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

I want to seize fate by the throat.

I shall seize fate by the throat.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Maybe it was because I wanted to control one part of me that had been uncontrollable, so the rest of me would fall into line.

Buildings, streets, the economy, the government, even our families, stay together simply because we want them to. Without that will, that desire to maintain, things fall apart.

You have free will, so you can ignore the idea, or you can decide to bring it into reality.

When people tell me they will give it a try, I say don't bother, you have already decided to fail. It takes more than a try to quit addictions; it takes a commitment. A commitment is a promise that you stick with, no matter what.

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They say we have weak wills. Do you know about the two drunks who went to the film of The Lost Weekend. Came out staggering. My God I'll never take another drink, said the first. My God I'll never go to another movie. How's that for commitment?

To be or to do? Which way will you go?

I'd rather bore a hole to the center of the earth with my tongue.

Crushing the toddler's autonomy and purposeful will is the most damaging form of shaming that can be done. When autonomy is crushed, toxic shame is manifested either as total conformity or rebellion against authority. Once willpower, anger and purpose are bound in shame, a child's selfhood and personal power are severely wounded. His drive for separateness and autonomy are bound by shame. This has been called a "purpose shame bind.

you can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action. If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it.

While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is often painful. But we need to recognize that there are really two kinds of pain when it comes to our daily conduct. There's the pain of self-discipline and the pain of regret. Most people avoid the pain of self-discipline because it's the easy thing to do. What they may not realize is that the pain of self-discipline is momentary but the pay-off is long lasting.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." That may be true. But it's also true that you can feed a horse salt and make him thirsty.

El destino no es cuestión de suerte, es cuestión de decisión; no es algo que se espera, es algo que se logra».

Should I have that extravagant dessert or call it quits for the night?" "Should I put in the extra effort here or just get by with the minimum amount required?

President Harry Truman said, "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline with all of them came first.