Quotes about Willpower

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbours.

The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.

For him freedom meant doing exactly what you wanted all the time. Was that freedom for everybody?

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

When a character wants to do one thing and I want him to do another, the character is usually right.

Only obedience,' he said aloud to the room, as though to convince himself, 'is perfect freedom.

What you conquer within you conquer without.

To succeed even once you have to try at least once.

Your will be done": Let these be the most profound and most exalted words of your life, in daily submission to the will of God.

What we could never become by strength, stamina, and a will of steel—which we lack anyway—we become by the grace of God.