Quotes About Willpower

There are genes for an unlimited genius mind, for longevity, for immortality, for an uncompromising will, for the capacity to heal, for having mystical experiences, for regenerating tissues and organs, for activating the hormones of youth so you have greater energy and vitality, for photographic memory, and for doing the uncommon, just to name a few.

Whether we're addicted to cigarettes, chocolate, alcohol, shopping, gambling, or biting our nails, the moment we cease the habitual action, chaos rages between the body and the mind.

would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy. They

Still, she shoved herself to her feet, because she needed to do what she could, whether it made a difference or not.

Then she thought she had always known, deep down. She had always understood that obedience would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy.

Jude did not flip them off and then drove for a few blocks feeling good about himself, proud of his restraint. His will, it was like iron.

Youth is not a time of life … it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips and supple knees … it is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigour of the emotions … it is a freshness of the deep springs of life.' Unknown.

Was uns nicht umbringt, bewirkt nur, dass wir sterben wollen.

Count it, Marcie." She managed to get the first finger out. She was pretty sure she was losing her mind, because she chose her middle finger.

She had a formidable will, the will to live when she'd wanted to die, to rule when she'd only wanted to serve.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

Alle Kraft der Menschen wird erworben durch Kampf mit sich selbst und Ãœberwindung seiner selbst.

The you that exists in the present—right now—wants to pursue your deeper goals, and wants to be a better person. But you know you're fallible and likely to crack in the face of temptation. So you bind the future version of you. You narrow your choices. You tie yourself to the mast.

It turned out pre-commitment was strikingly successful—resolving clearly to do something, and making a pledge that they'd stick to it, made the men significantly better at holding out.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

Es ist nicht genug, zu wissen, man muß auch anwenden; es ist nicht genug, zu wollen, man muß auch tun.

Hold your powers together for something good and let everything go that is for you without result and is not suited to you.

Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human life.

My dear fellow, who will let you?" "That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

Nothing happens until you decide.

The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.