Top 56 Most Inspiring Quotes on Willpower (WIN)

Top 10 Inspirational Quotes on Willpower

“Having a superpower has nothing to do with the ability to fly or jump, or superhuman strength. The truest superpowers are the ones we all possess: willpower, integrity, and most importantly, courage.”
Jason Reynolds

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh. - Ezra Taft Benson — Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and **self-discipline** in overcoming bad **habits** and the weaknesses of the flesh. – **Ezra Taft Benson**

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. - Johnny Weissmuller — With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. – Johnny Weissmuller

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock. - Carnie Wilson — I have willpower and **determination**. I am very resilient, like rock. – Carnie Wilson

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. - Aleister Crowley — In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and **talents** is wholly worthless. – Aleister Crowley

“In order to have the willpower and motivation needed to be consistent with the amount of effort you exert for productivity, you must limit or eliminate counterproductive habits while enforcing new habits that help productivity.”
Mark Snyder

We all have the power of thought - so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. - Dalai Lama — We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can **change** anything. – **Dalai Lama**

If we have the willpower and desire to create something, we have to wait patiently to see the results as they grow, day by day. - Ratna Joshi — If we have the willpower and desire to create something, we have to wait **patiently** to see the results as they grow, day by day. – Ratna Joshi

Where there's a will, there's a way. Perhaps tomorrow, if not today. - Michele Jennae — Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Perhaps tomorrow, if not today. – Michele Jennae

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. - Honore — There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. – **Honore**

14 Powerful Quotes on Willpower and Determination

“You give anybody a billion dollars, and of course they are passionate. Passion is one of those things like willpower in that there’s ‘magical thinking’ about it. You’ve got to be careful about ‘magical thinking’.”
Scott Adams

When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along. - Charles Duhigg — When people have a willpower **failure**, it’s because they haven’t anticipated a situation that’s going to come along. – Charles Duhigg

The achievements of willpower are almost beyond computation. Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough. - Orison Swett Marden — The achievements of willpower are almost beyond computation. Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough. – Orison Swett Marden

“We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then – and this is the best part – we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over. At that point, we’re free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.”
Gretchen Rubin

So when we have willpower and perseverance, being tired is not to be feared. - Xingyun — So when we have willpower and **perseverance**, being tired is not to be **feared**. – Xingyun

Therefore, it's up to you to use self-control and willpower to guide your consciousness to think the thoughts you want. - Alex Altman — Therefore, it’s up to you to use self-control and willpower to guide your consciousness to think the thoughts you want. – Alex Altman

“The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.”
Orison Swett Marden

With motivation you get willpower, and with willpower you get the strength to work hard for what you want. - Fred Juliusson — With motivation you get willpower, and with willpower you get the **strength** to work hard for what you want. – Fred Juliusson

We want to design interventions to teach people how to harness their considerable willpower. - Carol S. Dweck — We want to design interventions to teach people how to harness their considerable willpower. – Carol S. Dweck

“By conquering all the seven summits I will prove that physical disability can never be a hindrance in achieving your life’s goal if you have mental strength, strong willpower and firm determination.”
Arunima Sinha

Changing a habit requires determination, perseverance and a strong will power. - Catherine Pulsifer — **Changing** a habit requires determination, perseverance and a strong will power. – Catherine Pulsifer

Changing your negative thoughts into positive ones is difficult but not impossible to do. It only requires two things willpower and determination. - Alexi Weaver — Changing your negative thoughts into positive ones is difficult but not impossible to do. It only requires two things: willpower and determination. – Alexi Weaver

“We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely… change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.”
George A. Sheehan

“Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort of psychic muscle, one that can atrophy or grow stronger depending on how it’s used.”
Jeffrey Kluger

7 Meaningful Quotes on Willpower that Inspires Success

“There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn’t work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.”
Jay Samit

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. - Dan Millman — Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. – Dan Millman

People with a strong will power will always have the bigger picture in mind. They will be able to forgo small pleasures in order to help attain bigger goals. - Brian Adams — People with a strong will power will always have the bigger picture in mind. They will be able to forgo small pleasures in order to help attain bigger goals. – Brian Adams

“When trying to achieve your goals, there will always be times that you drag your feet to the extent that you just feel like giving up. You may not always have the willpower or confidence to overcome these feelings. Positive people around you can help reinstate that confidence.”
Sam Davis

The germ of success in whatever you want to accomplish is in your will power. - Paramahansa Yogananda — The germ of success in whatever you want to **accomplish** is in your will power. – Paramahansa Yogananda

“Since self-control is vital to reaching long-term goals, befriending people with willpower could be the secret to success. Whether you’re tempted to skip that workout at the gym, or you’re considering blowing this month’s budget, spending time with a disciplined friend could boost your motivation to maintain healthy habits.”
Amy Morin

“I think in order to accomplish anything in life, you have to visualize yourself there – accepting the award, hearing your song on the radio, whatever it is – or you lose the willpower and the drive.”
Daya

14 Quotes on Willpower for Nutrition and Weight-loss

“If your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you may wake up each day with failure in mind because the goal is hard to reach, and you are progressing only by small amounts. It takes up all your willpower. I recommend that instead of a goal, you have a system.”
Scott Adams

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower. - Phil McGraw — Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower. – **Phil McGraw**

I went vegan because it was a willpower challenge. I've been vegetarian, I've been pescatarian, and vegan was the next thing. - Mya — I went **vegan** because it was a willpower **challenge**. I’ve been vegetarian, I’ve been pescatarian, and vegan was the next thing. – Mya

“With moderate physical training, you can control anything in your body. You don’t have to be an athlete to do it, and this isn’t just about people with disabilities – it’s about everyone. You just have to have the willpower, the mindset, and the desire to want to better yourself.”
RJ Mitte

Being fit helps me improve my concentration, my will power and even my determination. - Arjun Rampal — Being fit helps me improve my **concentration**, my will power and even my determination. – Arjun Rampal

I learned that I had the willpower and ability to reshape my body and my lifestyle. - Mardy Fish — I learned that I had the willpower and ability to reshape my body and my lifestyle. – Mardy Fish

“For me with sugar, it’s all about balance. It’s about being strong enough and to have the willpower to say, you know what, Saturday is my treat day, I’m going to eat cake, I’m going to eat dessert, I might eat a packet of biscuits.”
Adriano Zumbo

I never had to try as a kid to stay in shape. In a way, there was no willpower involved. - Jamie Bamber — I never had to try as a kid to stay in shape. In a way, there was no willpower involved. – Jamie Bamber

“I get Tweets every day from people telling me that ‘Hey, I’m going to overcome my injury or my illness. Cancer. Different diseases. I can beat it because Adrian Peterson showed me the determination and the willpower to be able to prosper and get through adversity whenever it comes’.”
Adrian Peterson

“Excess exercise tends to be counterbalanced by excess hunger, exemplified by the phrase ‘working up an appetite.’ A few people with extraordinary willpower can resist such hunger day after day, but for the vast majority, weight loss through exercise is a flawed option.”
Andrew Weil

“You have to believe in a placebo or it won’t work, but if it works, it’s obviously working in some indirect way, through feedback in the immune system, let us say, or in the willpower of the patient to take a more strenuous exercise in their own therapy.”
Charles Jencks

“It’s not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of the food manufacturers. What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort… to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.”
Michael Moss

“I will never have the willpower to completely swear off pizza or a good summer sale, but I’m working on realizing the difference between the occasional craving and the compulsion to mindlessly consume as a feeble means of self-medication.”
Dan Levy

“I used to run ten miles every other day and eat very little. I was living in London on my own for the first time and no one was checking on me. I wasn’t anorexic but lost three stone. I weighed around seven. It lasted six months until I ran out of willpower.”
Honeysuckle Weeks

2 Quotes on Willpower in Governance and Politics

This is a candidate who never even thought about policy. What Trump represents is pure willpower and the notion of breaking through the system. - Newt Gingrich — This is a candidate who never even thought about policy. What **Trump** represents is pure willpower and the notion of breaking through the system. – Newt Gingrich

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics. - Paul Johnson — Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics. – Paul Johnson

2 Quotes on Willpower in Writing

“The life of the professional writer – like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist – is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn’t be any remuneration, period.”
Will Self

I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower. - Gordon Brown — I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower. – Gordon Brown

7 Thought-Provoking Quotes on Willpower

“I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn’t occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.”
Thor Heyerdahl

Prayer exercises your willpower and gives God authority to work in your life. - Max Lucado — **Prayer** exercises your willpower and gives God authority to **work** in your life. – **Max Lucado**

If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower. - Adolf Hitler — If **freedom** is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower. – Adolf Hitler

“We are being conditioned, as a population, to never wait, to never delay our gratification, to accept thoughtless, constant consumption as the new norm. But how we think about consumption and willpower carry enormous implications for the environment and the culture of society as a whole.”
Jenna Wortham