Willpower Quotes

223 quotes by 177 authors

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. — Honore de Balzac
When a man's willing and eager the god's join in. — Aeschylus
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness,… — Danny Boyle
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. — Pearl S. Buck
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. — Madonna Ciccone
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. — Thomas Aquinas
Black! Black! Black! I am proud of being a Negro. Nor have I ever tried to beg tolerance from anyone. Superiority is not proved by… — Jose Celso Barbosa
When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly… — Emil Zatopek
Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith there is no anxiety and no doubt - just absolute confidence in yourself. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage,… — Alain Robert
The will of man is his happiness. — Friedrich Schiller
Will cannot be quenched against its will. — Dante Alighieri
This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom. — John Viney
When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick. — Henri Matisse
One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination… — Richard Wagner
When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you… — Maxwell Maltz
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy… — Junko Tabei
You need a good support system when you're trying to make positive lifestyle changes. If everyone is eating burgers and fries while you're having fish… — Bob Harper
Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause. — Rick Warren
Grace, not willpower, is what ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. Creativity, both in what spawns within the artist and the artifact, can be… — Ronald Rolheiser

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