Quotes About Willpower

I don't need this, I was thinking. But I'm weak. I'll be the first to admit it. If a chick presses her face against mine, all soft perfume and whispers, what am I going to do? Say no?

Discipline is doing what you don't want to do so you can do what you want to do.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. — ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

Do the thing, and you shall have the power." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Essay on Compensation

You will become as small as your controlling desire, or as great as your dominant aspiration

Do the thing, and you shall have the power.

And being stubborn. "Why don't you just let me get up there?" I said, trying to

Brute force never changes people. People need to change themselves.

The words would linger, form in his mind, but never become sound, trapped between his need and his will.

Manusia ingin percaya bahwa mereka hidup dan bertindak berdasarkan kemauan mereka sendiri, namun pada kenyataannya mereka hanya dipaksa oleh keadaan.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

No woman who has not learned to master herself can be trusted to submit willingly to her husband. And that word willingly means that she does not merely resign herself to something she cannot avoid. It means that by an act of her own will she gives herself.

Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action.

When the will of God crosses the will of man, somebody has to die.

The same God who urges us to obey also furnishes the desire as well as the strength to do so. Our part is to exercise our wills.

Come over here and light me a cigarette, she'd said. I'd snuck a little inhale, and my mother had smiled. But then she'd said, Don't get started with something you won't be able to do without.

Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing.

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.

Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character Which makes the big decisions.

Having read this far, Angela, you may be wondering how it was physically possible for us to drink more than we already did, but here is the thing about drinking: one can always drink more, if one is truly committed. It's just a matter of discipline, really.

Si quieres controlar tu vida, tienes que controlar tu mente. En lugar de intentar controlar todo lo demás, céntrate en eso. Olvídate de todo lo demás. Porque, si no aprendes a dominar tu pensamiento, nunca vas a levantar cabeza».

We can do it, whether it can be done or not.

This was not a man to be swayed by gentleness, beauty, or sweet words. He would bend—assuming he was even capable of bending—only for reasons of his own.