Willpower Quotes - Page 7

• Our tendency is to be strong, self-sufficient, and dependent on our own willpower, but rather than try harder, we should reach out to the God who is all-powerful.

  John Townsend

  Strong, Powerful, Self

  "Where Is God". Book by John Townsend, 2009.

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• I might have been tempted to hit him square in the jaw had he not taken me by the shoulders and pinned me against the wall. There was hardly any space left between us, just a thin boundary of air, but Patch managed to eliminate it. "Let's be honest, Nora. You've got it bad for me." His eyes held a lot of depth. "And I've got it bad for you." He leaned into me and put his mouth on mine. A lot of him was on me, actually. We touched base at several strategetic locations down our bodies, and it took all my willpower to break away.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Wall, Taken, Eye

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “Hush, Hush”, p.341, Simon and Schuster

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• The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain. That willpower has to kick in.

  Adrian Peterson

  Pain, Two, Want

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• If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Weight Loss, Ready, Lose Weight

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• Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage, willpower and self-confidence.

  Alain Robert

  Beautiful, School, Self Confidence

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• Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can atrophy or grow stronger depending on how it's used.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Thinking, Psychics, Stronger

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• At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.

  Petra Stunt

  Morning, Thinking, The End Of The Day

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• Believe in your own identity and your own opinions. Proceed with confidence, generating it, if necessary, by pure willpower. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it. Use its energy to keep yourself going.

  William Zinsser

  Believe, Writing, Ego

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• Leaders aren't born they are made.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Discipline

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• After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation, and have freed it from the death sentence of Versailles.

  Adolf Hitler

  Years, Soldier, Unity

  Proclamation, 21 Dec. 1941

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• Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Children, Soldier, Children Playing

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 871-882), 1922.

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• It is possible with pure willpower to force the kundalini up the shushumna, through the chakras. You will develop visions of other worlds that will not necessarily stop when you want them to. This is a condition we call insanity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Other Worlds, Insanity

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• 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.

  Karch Kiraly

  Running, Volleyball, Player

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• Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Bodybuilding, Vision, Bodybuilding Motivation

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding: The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis”, p.413, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Lori Greiner

  Real, Mistake, Successful

  "20 Quotes From the Two Women of 'Shark Tank'" by John Brandon, www.inc.com. January 20, 2015.

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

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Discipline, Over You, Self Control

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• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Adversity, Suffering, Degrees

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• The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Persistence, Will And Determination

  Dale Carnegie, J. Oliver Crom, Michael A. Crom (2003). “The Sales Advantage: How to Get It, Keep It, and Sell More Than Ever”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• 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'.

  Roger Mooking

  Good Things, Dumplings, Just One

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• 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.

  Napoleon Hill

  Keys, Self, Discipline

  Napoleon Hill (2016). “The Master Key to Riches - A Sequel to Think and Grow Rich”, p.319, Lulu.com

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• Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Philosophical, Minus, Intellect

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• It is good to preserve the name, wealth, and honors you inherit, but it is better in every way if you yourself create a position and a name. The first requires good sense, but the second demands willpower and great virtue.

  Roman Baldorioty de Castro

  Names, Honor, Way

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• What I know is that if you're going to play half-court, you'd better have the greatest executioners of half-court basketball. If you run, you test the stamina and willpower of the other team. That's what I learned as a player.

  Tom Heinsohn

  Basketball, Running, Team

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• We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then - and this is the best part - we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over. At that point, were free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Decision, Needs, Use

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• Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

  Peter Senge

  Successful, People, Common

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