Quotes about Willpower

it is extremely trying when one has once tasted pleasure to abstain from its enticements, so the reward of doing this is proportionately great.

We may feel that a particular habit 'isn't too bad,'but continually giving in to that habit weakens our wills against the onslaughts of temptation from other directions.

I realized I knew the truth regarding God's sovereignty. What I had to do was to decide if I would trust Him, even when my heart ached. I realized anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time. Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. I never

The place to start controlling the cravings of our physical appetites is to reduce our exposure to temptation.

He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought. I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.

Even if he was ever afraid he knew that he could do it anyway.

Remember that he who conquers himself is greater than the one who conquers a city.

he who ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city

It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

Self discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

And success in any endeavor where self-discipline is involved boils down to this question: can you make yourself do something you don't particularly want to do in order to get a result you would like to have?

He did, however, put in me the ability to make a decision and then make it right.