Quotes About Willpower

I made up my mind that nothing,, nothing was going to stop me Not even me.

You do not have to utter anything you do not want to utter," I told her, and she said, "Then I would never utter another word again." "You do not have to do anything that you do not want to do." "Then I would never do anything again.

Motivar no consiste en conseguir que el otro haga lo que yo quiero, sino en lograr que el otro quiera hacer lo que yo quiero".

Nada me obliga a seguir adelante, nada que no sea mi propio deseo de hacerlo.

Siempre hago lo que me da la gana, fui voluntariosa desde chiquita

Para tener paz, necesitamos de la fe, de todas las fuerzas de nuestra voluntad.

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt: "The Fates lead him who will; him who won't, they drag.

But in me he saw at once a weak, yielding will. You can feel it in people at a mere glance—there's no need of words.

Turn away, if you can. Return you will with hunger peaked and primed.

I've no need of reasons. The doing's enough.' Well said for once, the girl thought. The doing was everything.

Rappelez-vous que ce qu'on appelle une faible volonté est habituellement un signe de manque d'intérêt. La personne faible qui est facilement persuadée de jouer au tennis quand elle n'en a aucun désir est une personne qui n'a aucune idée de ce qui l'intéresse réellement. Un système disciplinaire encourage une telle personne à rester faible de volonté et futile. (p. 432)

Everything is possible to him who wills only what is true! Rest in Nature, study, know, then dare; dare to will, dare to act and be silent!

To be able to do and to abstain from doing, is to be twice able.

When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.

C'est toujours l'imagination qui l'emporte sur la volonté, sans aucune exception. - It is always the imagination that wins over the will, without exception.

La Maîtrise de soi-même. »

Quand la volonté et l'imagination sont en lutte, c'est toujours l'imagination qui l'emporte, sans aucune exception

Somos subjugados porque concordamos e entregamos nossa liberdade por uso do nosso livre-arbítrio. Não se trata de natureza, não é sina ou destino, mas a vontade dos homens de se curvarem diante do poder. A servidão é escolha, e, naturalmente, escolha voluntária.

Here's the thing about believing: sometimes it's a question of will. You work at it. You keep telling yourself to believe in something, and eventually your brain surrenders and lets the belief in. Sometimes it's like a switch being flipped, an overnight thing, a wake up and look at the ceiling and say THIS IS HOW THE WORLD WORKS NOW AND I GUESS I'M OKAY WITH IT sort of thing.

Bir yaÅŸa gelmeden hayat?n ne kadar uzun olduÄŸunu anlam?yorsun. Her ÅŸeyinin bittiÄŸiniz san?yorsun ama bitmiyor, uzun süre bitmiyor. bedeninin hayatta kalmak için ne kadar az güce ihtiyac? olduÄŸunu anlam?yorsun, vücudun sana inat ölmeyi reddediyor.

I must admit that you fascinate me, Superior. Your life would seem to be entirely unbearable. And yet you fight so very, very hard to stay alive. With every weapon and stratagem. You simply refuse to die." "I am ready to die." Glokta returned his gaze, like for like. "But I refuse to lose." ~Bayaz and Glokta

There are those people who can eat one piece of chocolate, one piece of cake, drink one glass of wine. There are even people who smoke one or two cigarettes a week. And then there are people for whom one of anything is not even an option.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline...

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.