Quotes About Willpower

Willpower is itself a biological phenomenon. You can change your life, and yourself, through effort and discipline—but you have whatever capacity for effort and discipline you have in this moment, and not a scintilla more (or less). You are either lucky in this department or you aren't—and you cannot make your own luck.

You can accomplish so much with a strong will. Just do your best, no matter what. Don't let negative thoughts creep in. Don't talk yourself out of anything.

Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will, " or "I will not, " and mean it?

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

Determination is the strength needed to succeed.

The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.

The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals, are all rooted in courage.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.

Rather the pain of discipline than the pain of regret.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

There is only one right in the world and that right is one's own strength.

I don't know how it is for you earthlings, but where I'm from, strength is mental.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective will.

Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.