In this compilation of phrases about willpower You will find interesting reflections by authors, artists, athletes, thinkers and important historical figures in general, such as Maya Angelou, Henry Ford or Confucius.
Willpower is that impulse that leads us to face any obstacle in order to achieve a set goal To achieve great things we have elements such as commitment, motivation and courage, and all these qualities have to do with our interpretation of reality.
We’ll see now a selection of wish phrases coined by famous people known for having carried out important actions.
1. Sometimes you don’t realize your own strengths until you face your greatest weakness (Susan Gale)
Knowing ourselves is important to squeeze our full potential.
2. Only those who risk going far can find out how far they can go (TS Eliot.)
A gift to perseverance.
3. There is no such thing as bravery, only degrees of fear (John Wainwright)
Because with the absence of fear, courage does not appear.
4. A ship is safe in port, but that’s not what ships are for (William GT Shedd)
Just because a place gives us security does not mean that it is the right one.
5. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion (Michael Jordan)
We must be open to the clans that come forward.
6. The most important thing, after discipline and creativity, is to dare to dare (Maya Angelou)
An ingenious reflection on willpower.
7. You were given this life, because you are strong enough to live it (Robin Sharma
…and try to be responsible for that.
8. Trust yourself. You know more than you think you know. (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
Let yourself be guided by that knowledge.
9. Successful people are afraid, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them. (T. Harv Eker)
This phrase of willpower brings us closer to the idea that Not even everyday problems should disconcert you
10. The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. (Thomas Carlyle)
They can be easily lost.
11. It is in ourselves that we are one way or another. Our bodies are our gardens in which our wills are their gardeners (William Shakespeare)
One of the most famous writers in history, speaking from his experience.
12. Character is the deaf and constant energy of the will (Herni Dominique Lacordairees)
One of the most poetic willpower phrases.
13. I believe that the will is the beginning. The beginning to move forward, as if you have confidence on your side, finally it comes when you look back and see what you have accomplished (Robert Downey Jr.)
It is the energy that moves us.
14. Nothing can prevent the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude (Thomas Jefferson)
About the power of motivation over our lives.
15 The moment you doubt if you can fly, you stop being able to do it forever (JM Barrie)
We cannot allow ourselves to hesitate for a long time, so as not to stagnate.
16. Don’t be satisfied with stories of how things have turned out for others. Write your own story
A maxim of philosophy of life, anonymous authorship.
17. Don’t wait for everything to turn out well. Everything will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and conditions that are anything but perfect. Start now. With every step you take you will grow stronger and stronger, you will become more and more skilled, you will become more and more confident and you will become more and more successful (Mark Victor Hansen)
18. If you hear a voice inside you saying ‘you can’t paint’, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced (Vincent Van Gogh)
Van Gogh encourages us to continue turning off those voices with the help of passion in our work
19. People are like stained glass windows. They shine and shine when the sun rises, but when darkness appears, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light within (Elisabeth Kübler-Ross)
Beautiful thought from Kübler-Ross.
20. Low self-confidence is not a life sentence. Self-confidence can be learned, practiced and mastered, like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better (Barrie Davenport)
About perseverance and discipline.
21. Obstacles are those scary things you see when you look away from your goal (Henry Ford)
That’s why we must stay focused.
22. I do not believe in chance or necessity; my will is my destiny (John Milton)
The will that moves us to do many things.
23. There are two ways to exert force: one is to push down, the other is to pull up (Booker T. Washington)
Two terrible actions that do not help to improve.
24. When the will is ready, the feet are light (Anonymous)
And it’s easier reach our goals
25. When someone tells me ‘no’, it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it just means I can’t do it with that person (Karen E. Quinones Miller)
Each person has their limitations.
26. I, in fact, am a king, because I know how to govern myself (Pietro Aretino)
About sovereign monarchies.
27. Don’t let mental blocks control you. Break free. Face your fear and turn mental blocks into building blocks (Roopleen)
A path to achieving our goals.
28. Desires are like seeds; few become anything if we don’t water them (Michael Garofalo)
If we focus on making them come true, our dreams can materialize.
29. Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in life (Paul Johnson)
An invitation to make brave decisions.
30. If you want to be happy you will be. It is the will that transports the mountains (Anonymous)
That force that does extraordinary things when the right circumstances occur.
31. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of motivation, preparation, hard work and learning from failure (Colin Powell)
The work is hard, the satisfaction enormous.
32. You can take away a general’s army, but not a man’s will (Confucius)
Since they stripped him of his motivation.
33. Imposing your will on others is strength. Imposing it on oneself is superior force
A phrase of anonymous and lapidary willpower.
34. The first condition for peace is the will to achieve it (Juan Luis Vives)
Interesting aphorism.
35. If there is something strong and divine in man, it is the will (Jacinto Octavio Picón)
a reflection about the nature of willpower
36.”The heart must give its strength, its love and its encouragement to those whom the intellect approves, and the will must seal it with its actions (Mikhael Aivanhov)
It is a fair reward for those who make the effort.
37. Nothing can resist the power of human will if we are willing to take risks to achieve a purpose (Benjamin Disraeli)
And in that sense everything can be achieved.
38. Whatever you can do at any time, do it right now (Anonymous)
Don’t postpone your activities for too long.
39. No one has the right to possess another person’s will (Anonymous)
It is one of our most precious treasures.
40. There is no great talent without great willpower (Honore de Balzac)
The one that makes our talent turn into genius.
41. They say that I am a hero, I am weak, timid, almost insignificant, if being the way I am I did what I did, imagine what you can all do together (Mahatma Gandhi)
A reflection on the power of groups.
42. Don’t pray for an easy life, pray for strength to endure a difficult one (Bruce Lee)
Order the necessary tool for your work.
43. Will can and should be a much greater source of pride than talent (Anonymous)
…since it is not an easy task to do.
44. There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and atomic energy: the will (Albert Einstein)
It is what has given rise to everything we know made by human beings.
45. Not even with the best will and the purest of intentions is it easy for men to know each other; and to this is added the ill will, which distorts everything (Goethe)
For Goethe, many things that exist are there to complete our realization.
46. Concentrate the efforts of your will on the great objective of life, which is improvement
Nothing more valued than personal improvement.
47. Considering human nature, exercising power over a man’s livelihood is equivalent to exercising power over his will (Alexander Hamilton)
And it would be like depriving yourself of your essence.
48. The will is what gives value to small things (Seneca)
Because too much energy is concentrated in them.
49. The will is the seat of power; From there man draws strength to command, but also to obey.
The will empowers the human being.
50. Each man carries within himself a different amount of will to live. The more forces, the more passions, the more desires, the more furies to be expressed in all the directions of intelligence that are offered to human sensitivity (Roberto Arlt)
About our capabilities focused on a single objective.
51. The will is not free, it is a phenomenon linked by cause and effect, but there is something behind the will that is free (Swami Vivekananda)
A phrase about free will
52. When you are different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for who you are. The only thing you notice is the person who doesn’t (Jodi Picoult)
We must expand our vision.
53. There is no weapon more deadly than the will! Not even the sharpest of swords can compare to it! (Thomas Merton)
An inspiring phrase that invites you to change for the better.
54. If you plan to build walls around me, know this: I will examine them (Richelle E. Goodrich)
In the face of adversity you always have to find a way out.
55. Strength does not come from physical ability, but from an iron will (Mahatma Gandhi)
About finishing what has been started.
56. You have power over your mind, not outside of events. Realize this and you will find strength (Marcus Aurelius)
About motivation.
57. Nothing is lost if you have the courage to proclaim that everything is lost and the will to start again
When recognizing a failure gives us an openness to change for the better
58. He who dies at the will of another dies twice (Seneca)
Since you will have lost that energy that moves your life.
59. There is only one thing in the world more perverse than the desire to command, and this is the will to obey (Anonymous)
Letting yourself be conquered and losing autonomy is the worst possible scenario.
60. If there is something truly divine in us, it is the will. Through it we affirm our personality, temper our character, defy adversity, rebuild our brain and improve ourselves (Santiago Ramón y Cajal)
All the qualities that allow us to transcend through our actions.
61. Willpower is the basis of perseverance. (Napoleon Hill)
Like Napoleon, the greatest statesmen in history had great willpower to achieve all their goals.
62. If you want to be happy, be happy. (Leo Tolstoy)
Sometimes you need to get down to business and take action to achieve any goal.
63. Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Don’t go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it. (Bruce Lee)
Loyalty to who we are and the recognition of our possibilities will lead us to success.
64. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Trusting in our own abilities will allow us to be happier and take the right paths.
65. If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally be surprised. It’s all a matter of will. (Thomas Alva Edison)
We are far from using our greatest potential, when we do we will achieve remarkable feats.
66. Freedom does not consist only of following one’s own will, but, sometimes, also of abandoning it. (Abe Kobo)
We must have sufficiently accurate criteria to know when we should insist on our will and when not.
67. Walker, there is no path: the path is made by walking. (Antonio Machado)
Action is what allows us to begin to fulfill our dreams.
68. There is no desert where there is no will.
The people who have the most will to achieve something are the ones who deserve it the most.
69. No one lacks strength; What many people lack is will. (Victor Hugo)
Will is the first step to achieve anything in life.
70. The man who moves mountains begins by removing pebbles. (Confucius)
Every great feat is achieved first by small achievements.
71. I am the master of my destiny, I am the captain of my soul. (Nelson Mandela)
After spending almost 30 years in prison, Mandela had enough strength and will to take the reins of his country and improve all kinds of inequalities.
72. I think I can, I know I can. (Kurt Cobain)
Although he went through episodes of great sadness, this American singer and songwriter was strong enough to become the biggest rock star of his time.
73. He who has the will has the strength. (Menander of Athens)
There is no force more powerful than the will of a human being.
74. The will is the force that moves the world and your life.
All our objectives and goals can be achieved through willpower.
75. With perseverance and will, success is achieved in the same place where others failed.
Those people who have the greatest will and who believe the most in their possibilities are the ones who will succeed.
76. Lack of willpower has caused more harm than lack of intelligence or skill.
A reflection that we must take into account whenever we must test our will.
77. Courage is not the absence of fear, but fear together with the will to continue. (Feliciano Franco de Urdinarrain)
Wise people never disdain fear or the danger of a situation, but they are capable of overcoming adversity with the force of their will.
78. Why do we fall? To learn to stand up (The Dark Knight)
Will plays a fundamental role when it comes to recovering from adversity.
79. There cannot be great difficulties where good will abounds.
A good will is a great guarantee to achieve success in life.
80. If freedom lacks weapons, we must compensate with willpower.
Willpower will always be the alternative we have when everything else fails.
81. Man does not realize how much he can do, except when he makes attempts, meditates and has will.
When we discover the power of the will we are capable of almost anything.
82. The future of a man is not in the stars, but in the will and self-control.
Willpower will guarantee us a bright future full of opportunities.
83. Wanting is power. (popular saying)
Without a doubt, the will to want something will greatly help us achieve it.
84. Every path, no matter how long, begins with a small step.
With enough will, we can make the smallest advances become great feats.
85. Insults and benefits depend on the will. (Seneca)
Will is what will allow us to achieve the best and also the worst things.
