Willpower Quotes

“Be wise and be persistent - rest will come.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Do whatever you have determined to do.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.

— Rick Riordan

Leaders aren't born they are made.

— Vince Lombardi

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

A fabulous pair of shoes? I have to have willpower.

— Keshia Knight Pulliam

I will always rise no matter what

— Nidhi Saini

“Desire lies dormant in our hearts; slowly it keeps getting stronger and ignites the will to succeed.”

— Balroop Singh

“Once in a while, however, the impossible happens in life. Just hang in there.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Where there's a will, there's a way. Perhaps tomorrow, if not today.”

— Michele Jennae

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

— Johnny Weissmuller

“The success of a great will is the greatest driving force for the success of a weak will!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“It’s your willingness and commitment which can set everything right for you more than anything else.”

— Vishal Ostwal

Tears dry on their own so remember you will stand up and move on.

— Ewshy

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

— Abraham Lincoln

“Sometimes it's like: If something terrifies you, you should totally do it BECAUSE it terrifies you. And then you'll do it and…

— Anonymous

Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of…

— Alain Robert

Get your friends involved. Let your shopping buddies know that you're on a tight budget, and they can help you out when…

— Jean Chatzky

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

— William Shakespeare

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

— Samuel Smiles

When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he…

— Frederick Lenz

Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“The determination of the shepherds , braving the elements and the rocky terrain with their sheep and goats, is a reminder of…

— Ajaz Ahmad Khawaja

“Willpower is not a character trait, it’s a confidence game. According to Dr. Russell Kennedy, one of the valued experts who have…

— Joe Cross

“But trying to use willpower to overcome the apathetic sort of sadness that accompanies depression is like a person with no arms…

— Anonymous

“Push will wear you out. When you’re pushing to do something, you only got so much willpower. But when you’re pulled, when…

— Tony Robbins

Writing a book is like rearing children -- willpower has very little to do with it. If you have a little baby…

— Annie Dillard

In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies…

— Glenn Cunningham

Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and…

— Roy Baumeister

Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The…

— Darren Hardy

Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide…

— Kelly McGonigal

Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.…

— Ramana Maharshi

The poet Muriel Rukeyser said the universe is composed of stories, not of atoms. The physicist Werner Heisenberg declared that the universe…

— Rob Brezsny

“Mischel refers to this skill as the “strategic allocation of attention,” and he argues that it’s the skill underlying self-control. Too often,…

— John Brockman

Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the…

— Reinhold Messner

Hitler had the willpower of a demon and he needed it. If he didn't have such a strong willpower he couldn't have…

— Hermann Goring

“For I am—or I was—one of those people who pride themselves in on their willpower, on their ability to make a decision…

— James Baldwin

“You have one energy resource that is used for all kinds of acts for self-control. That includes not just resisting food temptations,…

— Laura Vanderkam

“self-control is not genetic or fixed, but rather a skill one can develop and improve with practice.8 Baumeister suggests many strategies for…

— Jocelyn K. Glei