Quotes about Willpower
While a pure mind may be a saintly ideal, for the rest of us mortals controlling our behavior is an enormous enough achievement.
— Dennis Prager
Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do!
— Denzel Washington
Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
— John Maxwell
While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.
— John Maxwell
President Harry Truman said, "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline with all of them came first.
— John Maxwell
My dad drilled into us kids that if we started something, we would have to finish it. He used to say, "When you made the choice to start, you made the choice to finish. It's not two choices; it's one.
— John Maxwell
A person without discipline is in a prison without bars.
— John Maxwell
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
— Corrie Ten Boom
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
— Aristotle
Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.
— Napoleon Hill
It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I'm not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.
— Alistair Begg