Quotes About Willpower

'Doing your own thing' and being a Christian is an oxymoron. As Christians, every day we need to be presenting ourselves before the Lord, thanking Him for His mercy and asking Him to make us more like Him by emptying us of our will, so God's will can be done.

I'm going to try to not eat any more dark chocolate, and that's going to be very, very hard for me because I'm completely addicted to dark chocolate.

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

If you want something badly enough, and decide that you will get it, you will.

When I decide to do something, I do it.

I'm going to be done when I've decided that I'm done.

A New Year's resolution that I can never keep? To be able to make decisions.

Defense is about will and effort and a certain toughness you have to have.

There are people who live under the delusion that simply because they will it to be so, it will be so.

I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences.

No dessert. I don't do dessert.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

I believe in the power of determination.

Determination is kind of like rhythm: you can't teach it.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it.

I was determined to return to Bombay on two legs and not on crutches and dance again.

Being an entrepreneur can be learned, and that is exactly what I have done. You don't have to be born with it or have had the 'lemonade stand.' But, you do need to have the passion, devotion, conviction, and sheer will and drive to make it happen.

I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.

I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live.

I've never been on a diet that lasted more than a day.

There are times I have to diet 16 weeks at a go, and I had to miss out on stuff I love, like burgers and birthday parties.

It's so hard to diet because I love food.

Why is it when you're dieting, you crave everything?