quotations about willpower
It is a strain being an impassive mountain. Scientists have proven willpower is a limited resource and using it up being cool and marble-like means I don't have any self-control left over for resisting peanut butter Magnums.
DEBORAH HILL CONE
"Help your child prep for a new school", New Zealand Herald, February 1, 2016
Any system that gives people better data to make a better decision is great, but human willpower is awesome. Human will and behavior is an intangible quality that no system will be able to track.
JILL STELFOX
"The NFL is finally tapping into the power of data", Wired, January 13, 2016
A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.
HENRY ADAMS
The Education of Henry Adams
Willpower is finite, so when you try and shake two habits at the same time your odds of success reduce dramatically. Go one at a time.
MARK SERRELS
"Replace Your Bad Habits With Good Ones", Lifehacker Australia, March 24, 2017
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;
All things give way before it, soon or late.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Will"
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
Celestial Glow
The human will, that force unseen,
The offspring of a deathless soul,
Can hew the way to any goal,
Though walls of granite intervene.
JAMES ALLEN
As a Man Thinketh
You may fetter my leg, but my will not even Zeus himself can overpower.
EPICTETUS
Discourses
Habits leave willpower intact by putting desirable behaviors on autopilot.
LESLIE BAEHR
"How to improve willpower? Feed it.", Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2015
Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.
ROY F. BAUMEISTER
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
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
Light on Life
Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.
BRUCE LEE
Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
The conscious mind is also where our willpower is stored. Unfortunately, willpower runs on adrenaline and adrenaline is temporary. How many people got a burst of adrenaline when the calendar turned to 2016? Perhaps you were one of them. With a new year often comes New Year's resolutions. While people often have the best of intentions when establishing a New Year's resolution, quite often our resolutions are associated with negative feelings, disappointments and past failures. When you couple this with the fact that we're running on adrenaline, for many people it's simply a matter of days before they slip back into their old patterns and habits.
MICHAEL SALERNO
"Hypnosis can help train the subconscious mind", Poughkeepsie Journal, January 15, 2016
To exert itself, the will, like the arm, requires to have an obvious and a definite resistance, to know where it is, why it is, whence it comes, and whither it goes.
WALTER BAGEHOT
Literary Studies
Willpower is something you have to develop.
BRIELLE GREGORY
"How I Lost 75 Pounds Without Giving Up Beer", Men's Health, April 6, 2017
Some studies say your willpower is at its peak when you wake up, so it is an ideal time to get your sneakers on, practice yoga, do creative thinking or enjoy some form of mindfulness practice to get into gear at the start of the day.
JOJO STRUYS
"Reach your goals one step at a time", The Star Online, March 24, 2017
The problems with willpower are many, but they may hardly be noticed by the person focused narrowly on success. First, there is little economy of means; in systems thinking terms, we act without leverage. We attain our goals, but the effort is enormous and we may find ourselves exhausted and wondering if it was worth it when we have succeeded. Ironically, people hooked on willpower may actually look for obstacles to overcome, dragons to slay, and enemies to vanquish--to remind themselves and others of their own prowess.
PETER M. SENGE
The Fifth Discipline
To the healthy man, difficulties should act as a tonic. They should open us to greater exertion. They should strengthen our willpower.
B. C. FORBES
Forbes, 1922
Willpower is always having to be on guard. You can never let down. You can never drop your attention. You can never fall asleep at your post. You can never be soft on yourself. You must remain rigid and disciplined. Willpower is knowing that there is a shadowy figure behind you.... Willpower is attempting to place a "No" on top of a well-ingrained "Yes."
JON BURRAS
Return to Nature: The Five Pillars of Healing
Willpower is breath and heartbeat of life;
Life blooms in the girdle of taut willpower.
PRAVEEN KUMAR
Celestial Glow