Quotes about Willpower
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
- St. Augustine
Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.
- St. Augustine
The mind commands the body, and it obeys instantly; the mind commands itself, and is resisted.
- St. Augustine
Why, being dead, do you rely on yourself? You were able to die of your own accord; you cannot come back to life of your own accord. We were able to sin by ourselves, and we are still able to, nor shall we ever not be able to. Let our hope be in nothing but in God. Let us send up our sighs to him; as for ourselves, let us strive with our wills to earn merit by our prayers.
- St. Augustine
The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.
- Anonymous
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
- Pope John Paul II
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
- St. Augustine
Most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.
- Ted Dekker
The belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Temptations are a compliment to our power, not our weakness.
- Fred Craddock
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.
- David O. McKay
If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.
- Zinedine Zidane