Quotes About Willpower

In order to answer the question "Where am I going?" one needs to work for self-improvement, to possess decisiveness, to have a will to win and dedication to achieve the goal at all cost

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

It's a good thing that dumplings are small because Lee Anne's goodies will make your willpower vanish as you reach for 'just one more'.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit

I will form good habits and become their slaves.

Hunger is good discipline.

The habits of feeling, action and judgment that comprise good character depend on personal self-discipline and powerful aspiration to become a good person, all of which must be drawn from within.

The battle of good and evil reduced to a fat woman standing in front of a chocolate shop, saying, Will I? Won't I? in pitiful indecision.

And he who must be a creator in good and evil: verily, he must be an annihilator first and demolish values.

If you consciously say 'I won't do it!' to yourself, then you have a good chance that you won't.

The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.

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

The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills.