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“What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.”
“The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”
“You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.”
“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”
“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”
“A man can do all things if he but wills them.”
“People do not lack strength; they lack will.”
“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.”
“Will is character in action.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”
“Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.”
“Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.”
“They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson is life who does not every day surmount a fear.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion.”
“This better to be alone than in bad company.”
“It is not because things are different that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“If you think you can do it, or you think you can't do it, You are right.”
“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.”
“Willpower is your ability to set a course of action and say, 'Engage!'”
“Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealth with the root cause.”
“It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”
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