Quotes about Willpower

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made his commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

I'm always inclined to believe that the best way of knowing [the divine] is to love a great deal. Love that friend, that person, that thing, whatever you like, you'll be on the right path to knowing more thoroughly, afterwards; that's what I say to myself. But you must love with a high, serious intimate sympathy, with a will, with intelligence, and you must always seek to know more thoroughly, better, and more.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!

Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.

When you want something badly enough, you will develop the confidence and the ability to overcome any obstacle in your way.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our intertia, laziness, boredom.

So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end...and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.

Whatever you do you need courage. ... To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

When people think or write about happiness, self-control is rarely stressed. … Yet happiness is impossible without self-control. In fact, everything we want is impossible without self-control. Ask anyone who has achieved what you particularly desire to achieve, and you will find a profoundly self-disciplined individual.