340 Quotes About Willpower

Free will is not a question of willpower, it's a question of character.

I bought a book on willpower, but I only got halfway through.

At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly; so his chi agreed.

Although we live in a world engineered to make us want, we can -just by paying attention- start to see through some of it. Knowing what's going on (in your brain) won't eliminate all your wants, but it will give you at least a fighting chance to exercise your "I won't" power.

Character- building education is what the world needs – education, that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say “some other time, pal!

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist, and there are those who said it is the character. They are wrong : it is the willpower.

When we worry about someone we send them a secret message – I don’t believe in you. When we worry about our life, we send ourselves a secret message – I don’t believe in me.

I am chic, sleek, and so unique.

Making a decision based on fear is like painting a self-portrait of someone else.