Willpower Quotes

• Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

  Dan Millman

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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• Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

  George S. Patton

  Leadership, War, Men

  Cavalry Journal, September 1933.

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  "The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and Wisdom". Book by Herbert Victor Prochnow, 1958.

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  We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

  Jesse Owens

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

  Eric Mangini

  Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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• Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Virtue, Secured

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1951). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  New Year, Philosophy, Failure

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• If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

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• If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

  H. G. Wells

  Motivational, Strength, Moving On

  "The Anatomy of Frustration". Book by H. G. Wells, 1936.

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• Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.

  Brian Tracy

  Accomplishment, Essentials, Worthwhile

  Brian Tracy (2004). “Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible”, p.32, John Wiley & Sons

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• In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

  Aleister Crowley

  Talent, Virtue, Absence

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• The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Mean, Development, May

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• Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

  Jon Gordon

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from Jun 05, 2013

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• With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

  Johnny Weissmuller

  Winning, Self Control, Underdog

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• Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

  Phil McGraw

  Successful, Loss, Weight

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Esquire, Nov. 1962

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  I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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• Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Motivational, Philosophical, Art Of War

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.106, FastPencil Inc

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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

  Mario Andretti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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• With self-discipline most anything is possible.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Self

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Life, Motivational, Being Strong

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• People do not lack strength; they lack will.

  Victor Hugo

  Motivational, Success, Being Strong

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• He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

  Johann Gottlieb Fichte

  Mold, World, Firm

  "Hermann und Dorothea". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, October 1797.

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