Quotes About Willpower

and with the deftness of a thief, he was picking the lock of her willpower.

Failures of nerve and energy are not permitted. That's what it means to be an object.

As much as I acted as if I could move mountains with my willpower, like thinking I could force a new business win, I knew I wasn´t really in charge of anything. Deep inside, I believed that God was. But oh, how I tried.

I convinced myself that having to drive a

temptation, that in itself it is nothing but an opportunity for choice; so it is rather defeatist to feel very guilty about it, as though one were half ready to commit the sin.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't. —Howard Ward Beecher

I desire to think, speak, and do only what Thou willest. Lord, without Thee I can do nothing; with Thee I can do all." E. B. PUSEY.

Never, never underestimate the power of desire. If you want to live badly enough, you can live. The great question, at least for me, was: How do I decide I want to live?

At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.

Epictetus claims that all three of these things (thoughts, impulses, and the will to avoid and to get) are ultimately under our control.

Shaping your character is ultimately the only thing under your control.

Courage is the difference between success and failure. You must have this attitude, this is the right thing to do, so let's do it.

A man who folds his arms cannot move mountains.

That desperate tug-of-war between the desire to persevere and the overwhelming temptation to quit. And he loved it.

Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose.

Free will might be overrated. 'Anxiety,' Kierkegaard wrote, in the middle of the nineteenth century, 'is the dizziness of freedom.

As I always say: If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is: Do you want to do it? ?Nellie Bly

The seeds of god-like power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!

We cannot kindle when we willThe fire that in the heart resides,The spirit bloweth and is still,In mystery our soul abides.

Actions seem to follow feelings, howbeit, they go together like Siamese twins. By regulating the actions, which are ordinarily under more direct control of your will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling that is not.

What you can vividly imagine ,ardently desire and enthusiastically act upon shall surely come to pass .

If you want a Coke, have water. If you want the steak, have the salmon. If you want to take a shortcut, go the long way. If you want to cut a conversation short, hear the person out. If you want to stop working, push yourself to go on for another thirty minutes. Give up the little things, not to punish yourself, but as a short prayer and to strengthen your will.

You cannot succeed at anything unless you are willing and able to delay gratification...Resistance hates discipline. It hates self-control. Resistance abhors delayed gratification and any type of self-denial that makes your heart, mind, and soul strong.

If you only learn to master one moment in your life, learn to master the moment of decision.