Bits Quote by Frederick Lenz

Willpower is not some mythical force that we either have or don't have. Willpower is our decision to use higher mind thinking instead of…

— A. Curtiss

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

A big part of willpower is having something to aspire to, something to live for.

— Mark Shuttleworth

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…

— Roy Baumeister

The problems with willpower are many, but they may hardly be noticed by the person focused narrowly on success. First, there is little economy…

— Peter Senge

We know what willpower is, but by some misguided conception, many of us believe we have to be a certain type of person, strong,…

— Rosemary Altea

Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that…

— Jeffrey Kluger

Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling--it's about choosing.

— Penney Peirce

“Because self-control requires energy, which means we have less energy available for the next thing we need to do. And that’s why resisting temptation,…

— David Eagleman

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

— John Ortberg

One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the creative force.…

— Richard Wagner

The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.

— Kelly McGonigal