340 Quotes About Willpower

You need to draw upon your willpower to accomplish the self-assigned task of mastering self-control.

maybe the cure for any burnout is to work harder.

Das Schicksal hat uns arm geboren. Die Götter – ich sage, die Götter wissen nicht mal, dass es uns gibt! Und ich spucke auf sie! Ich brauche sie nicht, wenn ich eine Faust zum Zuschlagen habe und ein Herz voller Mut! Ich brauch sie nicht! Ich entscheide, wer ich bin und was mir gehört.

Human greatness is not discovered until it is tested; we must be hardened against fortune by fortune itself

Willpower, though important in its own way, is never enough. In order for you to be truly powerful, you must open up and trust in something beyond yourself—something you cannot prove for certain.

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.

Though I am faced with many adversities, my heart will not faint.

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.

There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct – not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration.