Quotes about Willpower

She was the captain of her soul

Freedom comes with the decision: it does not wait for the act.

odor in his clothes and beard and flesh too which I believed was the smell of powder and glory, the elected victorious but know better now: know now to have been only the will to endure, a sardonic and even humorous declining of self-delusion which is not even kin to that optimism which believes that that which is about to happen to us can

His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

When you're out of willpower, you can call on stubbornness.

With your call comes the promise that answers will come. But that guidance will come only when the Lord is sure you will obey. To know His will you must be committed to do it. The words "Thy will be done," written in the heart, are the window to revelation.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

Faith without action is delusion. Faith does not wait for miracles but produces them. If you think you can or if you think you can't, you are right.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.