Willpower Quotes

223 quotes by 177 authors

Your imagination is ten times more potent than your willpower. Unleashed, it provides a sense of certainty and tenacious vision that goes far beyond any… — Tony Robbins
Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us,… — Bell Hooks
In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration. — John Steinbeck
We don't need new discoveries or new inventions to reverse this trend. We have the tools at our disposal to reverse it. All we need… — Michelle Obama
The poet Muriel Rukeyser said the universe is composed of stories, not of atoms. The physicist Werner Heisenberg declared that the universe is made of… — Rob Brezsny
Use all the willpower at your disposal to make yourself happy. Construct the right stories about yourself - and believe them! — Richard Koch
Wouldnâ€™t that be an incredibly stupid thing to do? To say â€˜I never want to smoke againâ€™, then spend the rest of your life saying… — Allen Carr
Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem. — Emil Zatopek
If you don't have the willpower to stop eating carbs, you won't have the willpower to do a dissertation. #truth. — Geoffrey Miller
Don Marquis came down after a month on the wagon, ambled over to the bar, and announced, 'I've conquered that goddamn willpower of mine. Gimme… — Elwyn Brooks White
Believe in your own identity and your own opinions. Proceed with confidence, generating it, if necessary, by pure willpower. Writing is an act of ego… — William Zinsser
It is possible with pure willpower to force the kundalini up the shushumna, through the chakras. You will develop visions of other worlds that will… — Frederick Lenz
At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get… — Petra Stunt
The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower.… — Will Self
All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects… — Charles Garfield
Sit in front of an object of concentration with the eyes open. Focus on a candle flame, or a yantra, a little dot, something small.… — Frederick Lenz
Feel that the energy of your willpower can easily deflect tension-causing feelings and frustrations that are directed towards you from the outside world. — Frederick Lenz
When you find yourself dwelling on something negative, consciously use your willpower to remove your mind from that which is negative. Move your mind into… — Frederick Lenz
Will without power is like children playing at soldiers. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation,… — Adolf Hitler

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