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*[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00221-013-3582-5 What is volition?]. Experimental Brain Research. Volume 229, pages 285–287, (2013)
*[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00221-013-3582-5 What is volition?]. Experimental Brain Research. Volume 229, pages 285–287, (2013)
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745827/ ''The psychology of volition'']. ''Experimental Brain Research''. 2013; 229(3): 289–299. Published online 2013 Jan 25. doi: 10.1007/s00221-013-3407-6
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745827/ ''The psychology of volition'']. ''Experimental Brain Research''. 2013; 229(3): 289–299. Published online 2013 Jan 25. doi: 10.1007/s00221-013-3407-6
== Quotes on willpower ==
[[Image:Holbein Portrait of Erasmus.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Erasmus]] by Hans Holbein the Younger]]
''See also:'' [[Self-control, willpower and resisting temptation quotes]]
*"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
*"Research shows that willpower is more important than IQ. That’s why the point isn’t to become smarter, but to become more self-disciplined." - Adam Kirk Smith
*“There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.” Honore de Balzac
*“Ahead of us are not reasons and arguments, But will and desire.” - Paulo Coelho
*“Nothing is difficult for a man who has the will.” - [[Erasmus|Erasmus of Rotterdam]]
*"Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile." - Brian Tracy
*"The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win." - Coach Bobby Knight
*“The biggest enemies of willpower: [[temptation]], [[self-criticism]], and [[stress]]. (...) these three skills — [[self-awareness]], [[self-care]], and remembering what matter most — are the foundation for self-control.” - Kelly McGonigal, ''The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It''
*“There is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying [[attention]].” - Kelly McGonigal, ''The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It''
*Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. - [[Winston Churchill]]
*"With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower." - Johnny Weissmuller
*I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself." – Pietro Aretino
*"Will is character in action." - William McDougall
*"I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work." - Pearl S. Buck
*"Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much." – John Ortberg on temptation
*"The will is the keystone in the arch of human achievement. It is the culmination of our complex mental faculties. It is the power that rules minds, men and nations." - Thomas Parker Boyd
*"What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that’s another matter." - Business consultant Peter F. Drucker
*"Willpower gets you started. Habits get you results." - Priit Kalas
== See also ==
== See also ==