Quotes About Willpower

Rule will show the man.

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

If you will not when you mayYou shall not when you will, sir.

Not my will, but thine, be done.

Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

It is easy to quit; I have quit at least a hundred times.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

You must do what you want.

They can't make you do anything you don't want to do.

My role is to take the player to his limits, to provoke him, to annoy him against me, because in this nervousness is the will to improve.

First and foremost, it's a psychological issue and it's mental concentration - that's all it is. We're all big enough and strong enough to hold onto to the ball, it's just whether or not you want to focus in on it.

Psychology is important but motivation is something that if you don't have it inside then you can't provide it.

Every single insane psychotic thing that I've ever believed that seems unfeasible to other people, I've made it happen.

My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?

If you want to make a movie, there may be many forces trying to pull you down, but really, a lot of it is will power. You can will it into being if you just believe that you are going to make a movie.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

The only way you're going to make it is to have a hunger for success and a will to win. That's something that's always pushed me.

You can imagine how hard it is, but there's always a force that pushes me forward to do all I can!

Defeat is forbidden.

I don't want to get beat - in life, in anything. I'm a very prideful person. My will to win has been with me forever.

I'm not good at eating small meals. Some people can sit down and be very disciplined. When I sit down at a meal, I sort of eat everything I can reach. I know medical people say that's exactly the wrong formula, but I've made it this far.