Iron Will Quotes

• I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

  Henry Rollins

  Strength, Running, Workout

  Henry Rollins (2009). “The Portable Henry Rollins”, p.290, Villard

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• There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it's impossible to turn back.

  Henry Rollins

  Fighting, Bodybuilding, Lifting Weights

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Television interview, 6 Jan. 1986, in The Times 12 Jan. 1986

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• I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts.

  Henry Rollins

  Strong, Believe, Thinking

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• The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found.

  Henry Rollins

  Bodybuilding, Lifting Weights, Found

  Henry Rollins (1996). “Do I Come Here Often”, 2.13.61 Publications

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• When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Dream, Determination

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• I prefer to work out alone. It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me.

  Henry Rollins

  Lifting Weights, Work Out, Training

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• We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Memories, Flower, Sunshine

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• Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Running, Country, Strong Women

  1979 Interviewed by the Observer four days after becoming Britain's first woman Prime Minister, 8 May.

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• Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts. Time spent away from the Iron makes my mind degenerate. I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind.

  Henry Rollins

  Strong, Workout, Believe

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• The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible...it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors...to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.

  Ferdinand Magellan

  Exercise, Sea, Victory

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• People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole. I see them move from their offices to their cars and on to their suburban homes. They stress out constantly, they lose sleep, they eat badly. And they behave badly. Their egos run wild; they become motivated by that which will eventually give them a massive stroke. They need the Iron Mind.

  Henry Rollins

  Running, Stress, Moving

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• Trout was petrified there on Forty-second Street. It had given him a life not worth living, but I had also given him an iron will to live. This was a common combination on the planet Earth.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Trout, Earth, Common

  Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!”, CNIB, 197

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• They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has made.

  Edward S. Bragg

  Integrity, Character, Iron

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• People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

  Ivan Lendl

  Thinking, People, May

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• There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Skills, World

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• It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can't be as bad as that workout.

  Henry Rollins

  Workout, Pain, Lifting Weights

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• Strike while the iron is hot.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Wise, Wisdom, Empty Vessels

  Geoffrey Chaucer, Barry Windeatt (2008). “Troilus and Criseyde: A New Translation”, p.193, Oxford University Press

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• Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Future, Heart, Magellan

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2016, Delphi Classics

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• I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness. But when dealing with the Iron, one must be careful to interpret the pain correctly. Most injuries involving the Iron come from ego. I once spent a few weeks lifting weight that my body wasn’t ready for and spent a few months not picking up anything heavier than a fork. Try to lift what you’re not prepared to and the Iron will teach you a little lesson in restraint and self-control.

  Henry Rollins

  Pain, Fighting, Greatness

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• Common sense tells us that the world is flat, that the sun goes around the earth, that heavy bodies always fall faster than light bodies, that boats made of iron will sink.

  Stuart Chase

  Fall, Light, Common Sense

  Stuart Chase (1962). “The Proper Study of Mankind”, New York : Harper & Row

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• Her iron will won international respect. Her unabashed femininity gained women's. Margaret Thatcher was a lady's lady.

  Louise Burfitt-Dons

  Femininity, Respect Her, International

  Speech to CWCC, London, April 2013.

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• Really living without clutter takes an iron will ... This involves eternal watchfulness and that oldest and most relentless of the housewife's occupations, picking up. I have a feeling that picking up will go on long after ways have been found to circumvent death and taxes.

  Ada Louise Huxtable

  Iron, Long, Feelings

  Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.439, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Strong, Ocean

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.205, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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