Quotes about Willpower

Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make their way into his imagination, and relax his muscles in the very moments when he is telling himself over again the reasons for his vow.

The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity.

Give what you command, and command what you will.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.

You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time.

Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one.

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself — self-discipline, self-control.