Buddhism Quote by Frederick Lenz

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

— Penney Peirce

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

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

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

In the beginning [Hitler] was genial and pleasant. He would have extraordinary willpower and unheard-of influence on people.

— Hermann Goring

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.

— Brian Tracy

The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong, is, like…

— Hannah Arendt

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

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

— Mark Shuttleworth

“Willpower is more than just a metaphor; self-control is a finite resource.”

— Robert Sapolsky

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

— John Ortberg