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“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.”

Self Matter Care Remember Three Enemy Awareness Skills Criticism Stress Self Awareness Foundation Temptation Self Control What Matters Self Care Willpower Self Criticism

Author:Kelly McGonigal

“The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.”

Want Humans May Mean Development Willpower What It Means To Be Human

Author:Kelly McGonigal

“In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.”

Humans War Military Willing Soldier Chiefs Willpower Marine Corps Commander In Chief Human Will

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“A procrastinators willpower lies in the fact that he keeps work pending because he strongly feels he wants to do the same – keep it pending.”

Want Feels Facts Lying Willpower Procrastinator Pending

Author:Amit Abraham

“This fight coming is not a battle of weapons, but a battle of wills.”

Fighting Battle Weapons Loyalty Aggression Willpower

Author:Janet Morris

“There's no doubt that Mexican men and women - full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work - are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States.”

Men Want States United United States Doubt Men And Women Capacity Dignity No Doubt Willpower Mexican

Author:Vicente Fox

“A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility”

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Author:Dalai Lama

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

Dream Bigs Goal Ambition Entrepreneur Objectives Aspire Willpower

Author:Mark Shuttleworth

“Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.”

Two Self Motivational Interest Moral Elements Spring Willpower Self Interest

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.”

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers ... and Others; to which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author

“Design your life to minimize reliance on willpower.”

Design Entrepreneur Willpower Reliance

Author:B. J. Fogg

“It's a good thing that dumplings are small because Lee Anne's goodies will make your willpower vanish as you reach for 'just one more'.”

Good Things Just One Willpower Dumplings

Author:Roger Mooking

“The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”

Source: The Sales Advantage: How to Get It, Keep It, and Sell More Than Ever

“It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity.”

May Persons Able Faces Suffering Social Development Degrees Constitution Adversity Significant Hardship Sheer Willpower Conditioning Facing Adversity

Author:Dalai Lama

“Business is always a struggle. There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to failure. Every great success has always been achieved by fight. Every winner has scars.The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will-power to develop themselves. So choose to be among the few today.”

“Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.”

Ifs Way Persons Long Matter Running Player Minutes Benefits Exciting Long Runs Willpower Better Person Volleyball

Author:Karch Kiraly

“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”

Firsts Doe Literature Fear Learning Lessons Anxiety Life Lesson Willpower Fear Not Do Not Fear Lesson Learned Anxiety And Fear

Author:John Dryden

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

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Author:Mario Andretti

“Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.”

Essentials Accomplishment Worthwhile Willpower

Book:Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

Source: Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

“Leaders aren't born they are made.”

“Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.”

Vision Willpower Bodybuilding Bodybuilding Motivation

Book:The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis

Source: The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis

“You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.”

Greater Discipline Over You Self Control Self Discipline Willpower Dominion Self Mastery Discipline And Self Control

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

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

Want Trying Hard Willpower

Book:The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

Source: The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

“Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.”

World Firm Willpower Mold

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.”

Action Willpower Blameless

Author:Seneca the Younger

“In oratory the will must predominate.”

Willpower Oratory

Author:David Hare

“Lately I was near the beehives and some of the bees flew onto my face. I wanted to raise my hand, and brush them off. 'No,' said a peasant to me, 'do not be afraid, and do not touch them. They will not sting you at all, if you touch them they will bite you.' I trusted him; not one bit me. Trust me; do not fear these temptations. Do not touch them; they will not hurt you.”

Ifs Said Hands Wanted Faces Bits Hurt Raises Temptation Bites Bees Trusted Brushes Willpower Trust Me Peasants Flew Do Not Fear Beehives

Book:Thy Will be Done: Letters to Persons in the World

Source: Thy Will be Done: Letters to Persons in the World

“Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it; but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success.”

Should Humans Enough Life Is Desire Excellent Guarantees Good Life Willpower Will Power Desire To Live Human Will

Author:Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay great heed to every noble, uplifting desire that is in you; but realize that these things alone are not enough, that they will never bring you to the desired place. We have to realize that all our best is totally inadequate, that a spiritual battle must be fought in a spiritual manner.”

Enough Use Spiritual Desire Realizing Pay Principles Morality Battle Limits Ethics Let Me Noble Uplifting Willpower Inadequate Heed Morality And Ethics

Author:Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“Discipline means we don't let go of the things we know we should be doing, we do them!”

Knows Should Mean Discipline Letting Go Willpower Don't Let Go

Author:Jim Rohn

“For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.”

Men Want Self Fighting Difficulty Engaged Restraint Willpower Equanimity Self Restraint

Book:Character

Source: Character

“Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.”

Hands Lying Fate Determination Instruments Our Future Willpower

Book:Keys to Success

Source: Keys to Success

“The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.”

Mind Self Helping Masters Keys Discipline Possession Riches Self Discipline Willpower

Book:The Master Key to Riches - A Sequel to Think and Grow Rich

Source: The Master Key to Riches - A Sequel to Think and Grow Rich

“Willpower is a concentration of force. You gather up all your energy and make a massive thrust forward.”

Energy Force Concentration Massive Willpower Thrust

Author:Steve Pavlina

“I feel self-repressed again. The old fall disease. Where is my willpower? The idea of a life gets in the way of my life...I dream too much, work too little.”

Way Feels Littles Ideas Self Dream Fall Too Much Disease Introvert Willpower Repressed Too Much Work

Author:Sylvia Plath

“Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.”

Desire Pairs Willpower Irresistible

Book:Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition

Source: Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition

“A brilliant idea doesn't guarantee a successful invention. Real magic comes from a brilliant idea combined with willpower, tenacity, and a willingness to make mistakes.”

Ideas Real Mistake Successful Magic Brilliant Invention Guarantees Making Mistakes Willingness Willpower Tenacity Brilliant Ideas

Author:Lori Greiner

“You surrender to love; you do not accomplish love by willpower.”

Love You Accomplish Surrender Willpower Surrender To Love

Author:Richard Rohr

“Our #‎ imagination is ten times more potent than our #‎ willpower .”

Imagination Ten Willpower

Book:Awaken The Giant Within

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“Your imagination is ten times more potent than your willpower. Unleashed, it provides a sense of certainty and tenacious vision that goes far beyond any limitation of the past.”

Past Imagination Vision Ten Certainty Limitation Willpower Unleashed Tenacious

Author:Tony Robbins

“Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us, that we are seen as unlovable.”

World Feels Children Girl Independent Willpower Small Child Affirming Independent Thought Unlovable

Author:Bell Hooks

“Self-respect is the root of discipline”

Self Discipline Dignity Roots Self Respect Self Control Disciple Self Discipline Willpower Power And Control Dignity And Respect Self Power Discipline And Self Control Controlling Power Self Respect And Dignity

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

“In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration.”

Writing Inspiration Seems Force Habit Stronger Willpower

Book:Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath

Source: Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath

“We don't need new discoveries or new inventions to reverse this trend. We have the tools at our disposal to reverse it. All we need is the motivation, the opportunity and the willpower to do what needs to be done. ...With this report, we have a very solid road map that we need to make these goals real, to solve this problem within a generation.”

“The poet Muriel Rukeyser said the universe is composed of stories, not of atoms. The physicist Werner Heisenberg declared that the universe is made of music, not of matter. And we believe that if you habitually expose yourself to toxic stories and music, you could wind up living in the wrong universe, where it's impossible to become the gorgeous genius you were born to be. That's why we implore you to nourish yourself with delicious, nutritious tales and tunes that inspire you to exercise your willpower for your highest good.”

Ifs Believe Made Said Matter Stories Universe Born Music Impossible Inspire Poet Wind Genius Exercise Highest Tales Tunes Atoms Toxic Delicious Willpower Physicist Gorgeous

Author:Rob Brezsny

“Use all the willpower at your disposal to make yourself happy. Construct the right stories about yourself - and believe them!”

Believe Stories Use About Yourself Constructs Willpower Make Yourself Happy

Book:The 80/20 Principle

Source: The 80/20 Principle

“Wouldn’t that be an incredibly stupid thing to do? To say ‘I never want to smoke again’, then spend the rest of your life saying ‘I’d love a cigarette.’ That’s what smokers who use the Willpower Method do. No wonder they feel so miserable. They spend the rest of their lives desperately moping for something that they desperately hope they will never have.”

Want Feels Use Wonder Stupid Method Miserable Smoke Things To Do Cigarette Willpower Rest Of Your Life Stupid Things Smokers

Author:Allen Carr

“Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.”

Matter Problem Rain Tired No Problem Willpower

Author:Emil Zatopek

“If you don't have the willpower to stop eating carbs, you won't have the willpower to do a dissertation. #truth.”

Ifs Eating Willpower Carbs Dissertation

Author:Geoffrey Miller

“The frequent employment of one's will power masters all organs of movement and trains them to perform feats which otherwise would have been difficult,painful and even impossible. The man becomes independent and self-reliant; he will never be a coward,and, when real danger threatens,he is the one who is looked up to by others. The knowledge of one's strength entails a real mastery over oneself; it breeds energy and courage,helps one over the most difficult tasks of life, and procures contentment and true enjoyment of living.”