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20 Inspirational Roy F. Baumeister Quotes (WILLPOWER)

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Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It’s the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation – do what’s right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It’s central, in fact, to civilisation.”

Roy Baumeister
What stress really does, though, is deplete willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions.Pin
What stress really does, though, is deplete willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions.
Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.Pin
Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.
For most of us, though, the problem is not a lack of goals but rather too many of them.Pin
For most of us, though, the problem is not a lack of goals but rather too many of them.
Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.Pin
Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

“The clear implication was that the best advice for young writers and aspiring professors is: Write every day. Use your self-control to form a daily habit, and you’ll produce more with less effort in the long run.”

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The best way to reduce stress in your life is to stop screwing up.Pin
The best way to reduce stress in your life is to stop screwing up.
Restraining sexual impulses takes energy, and so does creative work. If you pour energy into your art, you have less available to restrain your libido.Pin
Restraining sexual impulses takes energy, and so does creative work. If you pour energy into your art, you have less available to restrain your libido.
We’ve said that willpower is humans’ greatest strength, but the best strategy is not to rely on it in all situations. Save it for emergencies.Pin
We’ve said that willpower is humans’ greatest strength, but the best strategy is not to rely on it in all situations. Save it for emergencies.

“What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans.”

Roy Baumeister

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“However you define success — a happy family, good friends, a satisfying career, robust health, financial security, the freedom to pursue your passions — it tends to be accompanied by a couple of qualities.”

Roy Baumeister
People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.Pin
People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.
The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.Pin
The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.
Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.Pin
Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.

“The ones who wrote about what they had already achieved had higher satisfaction with their current tasks and projects, as compared with the ones who reflected on what they had not yet achieved.” 

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First I make a list of priorities one, two, three, and so on. Then I cross out everything from three on down.Pin
First I make a list of priorities: one, two, three, and so on. Then I cross out everything from three on down.

Sleep deprivation has been shown to impair the processing of glucose, which produces immediate consequences for self-control — and, over the long term, a higher risk of diabetes.”

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When you pick your battles, look beyond the immediate challenges and put your life in perspective. Are you where you want to be What could be better?Pin
When you pick your battles, look beyond the immediate challenges and put your life in perspective. Are you where you want to be? What could be better?

Napoleon once summarized his idea of strategic military planning: “You engage, and then you wait and see.” By making contact with the enemy and then improvising, he triumphed and made his armies the envy (and the scourge) of Europe.”

Roy Baumeister
Many research findings show that most Americans already hold inflated opinions of themselves.Pin
Many research findings show that most Americans already hold inflated opinions of themselves.
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