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| | *"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] | | *"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] |
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| | + | *"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 |
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| | *“There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.” Honore de Balzac | | *“There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.” Honore de Balzac |
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| | *“Nothing is difficult for a man who has the will.” - [[Erasmus|Erasmus of Rotterdam]] | | *“Nothing is difficult for a man who has the will.” - [[Erasmus|Erasmus of Rotterdam]] |
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| | + | *"Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile." - Brian Tracy |
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| | + | *"The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win." - Coach Bobby Knight |
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| | + | *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]] |
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| | + | "With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower." - Johnny Weissmuller |
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| | + | *I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself." – Pietro Aretino |
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| | + | *"Will is character in action." - William McDougall |
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| | + | *"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 |
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| | + | *"Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much." – John Ortberg on temptation |
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| | + | *"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 |
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| | + | *"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 |
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| | Sunday Adelaja in his book ''[[A Man or a Mouse by Sunday Adelaja|A Man or a Mouse]]'' writes: | | Sunday Adelaja in his book ''[[A Man or a Mouse by Sunday Adelaja|A Man or a Mouse]]'' writes: |