Willpower Quotes

223 quotes by 177 authors

Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us… — Roy Baumeister
Like my father before me, I'm a very passionate person, with boundless energy and tremedous willpower. — Raymond Blanc
We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to… — Harold S. Kushner
Human beings actually have quite a bit of willpower. They don't know too much about it, but they have quite a bit. — Frederick Lenz
People are timid. They don't take chances. Naturally, they're bound. They are afraid of the light. They are afraid of their own power. In the… — Frederick Lenz
So in the path of love - rather than pulling our willpower together, using our discrimination, or working - we just cry inwardly. — Frederick Lenz
We could go to monasteries. I could show you people who are very wise and they have great willpower, but they're not happy. They lack… — Frederick Lenz
In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your spirit,… — Frederick Lenz
People always look down their noses at hookers. Never give you a chance because they think you took the easy way out, when no one… — Aileen Wuornos
I think the whole point about self-control, the whole point about willpower, is to help people understand that there are endless self-nudge techniques that can… — Walter Mischel
The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. — Robert Frost
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. — Mahatma Gandhi
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to… — Confucius
In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. — Aleister Crowley
I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own… — Thor Heyerdahl
Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can… — Jeffrey Kluger
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. — Vince Lombardi
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. — Malcolm X
Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower. — Phil McGraw

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