Willpower Quotes - Page 3

• You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Sports, Powerful

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

  William Shakespeare

  Motivational, Health, Garden

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. [323]

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• Will cannot be quenched against its will.

  Dante Alighieri

  Dante Alighieri (1948). “Dante”

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• When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

  Aeschylus

  Motivational, Success, God

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• In oratory the will must predominate.

  David Hare

  Oratory

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• Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

  Denis Waitley

  Determination, Wrestling, Giving

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• 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.

  Vicente Fox

  Men, Mexican, Doubt

  "Fox Regrets Racial Remark". www.cbsnews.com. May 16, 2005.

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• Wishes run over in loquacious impotence, will presses on with laconic energy.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Running, Wish, Energy

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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  There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Forbidden Love, Temptation

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

  Dean Karnazes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

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

  Seneca the Younger

  Action, Blameless

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• In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, War, Marine Corps

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• If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Faith, Sports, Running

  "This Inspiring, Blind Young Man Is Running the NYC Marathon to Save Lives" by Sibylle Eschapasse, www.theepochtimes.com. October 29, 2015.

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• Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.

  Roy Baumeister

  Running, Animal, Discipline

  "Why willpower matters – and how to get it" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2012.

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• I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

  Pietro Aretino

  Motivational, Kings, Responsibility

  Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

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  Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

  Cornel West

  Hope, Courage, Compassion

  FaceBook post by Dr. Cornel West from Jun 16, 2010

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• In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.

  Glenn Cunningham

  Sports, Running, Lying

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• What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies.

  Thomas Cranmer

  Love, Inspirational, Heart

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• It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

  J. C. Watts

  Love, Motivational, Strength

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• 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.

  George Hackenschmidt

  Strength, Courage, Pain

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• If you feel stronger and good when the weather is sunny and weaker and bad when the weather is cloudy, then it means your willpower is not powerful yet!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Powerful, Mean, Weather

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• Willpower is steam for life's locomotion.

  Praveen Kumar

  Steam

  Praveen Kumar “Celestial Glow”, AUTHOR

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• Getting where you want to be has everything to do with awareness, and nothing to do with willpower.

  Cheri Huber

  Want, Awareness

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

  Napoleon Hill

  Desire, Pairs, Irresistible

  Napoleon Hill, Steve Berges (2010). “Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition”, p.176, American Liberty Press

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• Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Willingness

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.56, Rodale

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