Willpower Quotes - Page 9

• The concept of fate is an open insult against man's willpower!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Fate, Men, Insult

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• We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're surprised by its relative ease. We're left to wonder why we dreaded it until we realize that most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

  Robert McKee

  Long, Decision, Ease

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• Marriage doesn't just happen! It takes a solid set of decisions, a huge amount of skill and enormous willpower.

  Neil Clark Warren

  Skills, Decision, Enormous

  Neil Clark Warren (1998). “The Triumphant Marriage: 100 Extremely Successful Couples Reveal Their Secrets”, Focus on the Family Pub

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• Remember that becoming people of integrity and honesty is not simply a matter of more personal determination, more grit, and more willpower; rather, it is accomplished through the enabling power of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.

  David A. Bednar

  Determination, Jesus, Honesty

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• When your vision is powerful enough, everything else falls into place: how you live your life, your workouts, what friends you choose to hang out with, how you eat, what you do for fun. Vision is purpose, and when your purpose is clear, so are your life choices. Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith, there is no anxiety, no doubt - just absolute confidence.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Workout, Fun, Powerful

  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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• Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Lying, Ocean, Wrecks

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• The essence of Ananda is both personal and sociological. Personally for people who seek truth or identities of God, it helps to be with other people who share those ideals. Environment is stronger than willpower, and when you are with people who have high ideals, it helps you to grow in your ideals.

  Goswami Kriyananda

  Essence, People, Stronger

  Source: www.lotusguide.com

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• When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.

  Charles Duhigg

  People, Situation, Havens

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• Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest values. You've got to want something, and know why you want it, or you'll end up giving up too easily.

  Darren Hardy

  Meaningful, Dream, Giving Up

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• You must be sure - and I mean absolutely positive - that you have the willpower to pay off those credit cards and not use them again.

  Jean Chatzky

  Mean, Cards, Use

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Get your friends involved. Let your shopping buddies know that you're on a tight budget, and they can help you out when your willpower starts to weaken at the mall.

  Jean Chatzky

  Shopping, Helping, Malls

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• If ever there's been somebody to hold as an icon of sheer determination and willpower, it's that guy [Stephen Hawking ], let alone any of the things he's done scientifically. I'm sure that's his driving force, but he's a miracle and an aspiration.

  Kate Bush

  Determination, Icons, Miracle

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.

  Marina Abramovic

  Brother, Fall, Sacrifice

  "Interview: Marina Abramović" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

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• We know what willpower is, but by some misguided conception, many of us believe we have to be a certain type of person, strong, determined, extroverted, to be able to be willful, to exercise willpower. Not so. We all have it and just don't know how to use it.

  Rosemary Altea

  Strong, Believe, Exercise

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• Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Next, Easier, Will Power

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.56, Rodale

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• Willpower is breath and heartbeat of life; Life blooms in the girdle of taut willpower.

  Praveen Kumar

  Heartbeat, Girdles, Breaths

  Praveen Kumar “Celestial Glow”, AUTHOR

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• Willpower is the fuel that runs human life; Like a driver in a computer application, Or Operating System in cyber programme, Willpower works life to performances; Life is deadwood; life, robust carrion, Without willpower in bright flame within.

  Praveen Kumar

  Running, Flames, Fuel

  Praveen Kumar “Celestial Glow”, AUTHOR

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• For most of us, the classic test of willpower is resisting temptation, whether the temptress is a doughnut, a cigarette, a clearance sale, or a one-night stand. When people say, "I have no willpower," what they usually mean is, "I have trouble saying no when my mouth, stomach, heart, or (fill in your anatomical part) wants to say yes.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Heart, Mean, Night

  Kelly McGonigal (2011). “The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It”, p.14, Penguin

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• My fifth mother is Mother Nature - the things I had to learn on my own, the understanding I had to come to and still have to come to as a young woman, as a responsible mother, a responsible granddaughter and child. She teaches me willpower, honesty, and the things we need to heal ourselves from moment to moment.

  Erykah Badu

  Mother, Children, Honesty

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• I moved from Boston to Los Angeles, and took every opportunity that came along my way, trusting that God had a great plan for my life, giving me the willpower to move forward in a positive direction that gave me a feeling of purpose, joy and artistic freedom to fully express myself.

  Gianna Simone

  Moving, Opportunity, Giving

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• The start of the day is often the best time to get things done. This is somewhat related to willpower.

  Tim Ferriss

  Done

  Source: www.menshealth.com

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• We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.

  Marina Abramovic

  Term, Short Term

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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• Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling--it's about choosing.

  Penney Peirce

  Resisting

  Penney Peirce, Michael Bernard Beckwith (2011). “Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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