340 Quotes About Willpower

Wisdom warns against desire, but there is power in wanting, power that can fuel the will and keep lit that precious torch, hope.

We can't change by fancy methods. We can't change by mere willpower. But God's Spirit working in us can help us to "will and to act according to his good purpose" (Philippians 2:13).

This was what Roland would do – go on until someone made him stop, and then a few yards further still if he could.

Your haters gather the most at the sidelines.

To resist a compulsion with willpower alone is to hold back an avalanche by melting the snow with a candle. It just keeps coming and coming and coming.

He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases to grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end.

Only your Willpower can fight the bad influences around you.

Life is like the wind on the ocean; if it is against you, it doesn’t really matter what direction it comes from or what direction it blows. It also doesn’t matter what you do or fail to do. So you are better off doing whatever you want.

Yet she also longed for moments when she might be weak, when she need not prove anything to anyone.