25 Transformative Quotes On Willpower And Mental Toughness
Willpower is like a muscle that gets stronger with regular use.
Persistence isn’t always something with which you are born. But with purposeful practice, you can develop more willpower and mental strength, because persistence is like a muscle that gets stronger with daily use.
We all have something that we’d like to change. The pursuit of self-improvement is a fundamental characteristic of being human. Our nature is to live a life of fulfillment and to help others and contribute to the world in meaningful ways.
Recent research, as detailed in such books as The Complete Mindset Guide To Increase Willpower, Stop Procrastination and Maximize Productivity, suggests that we can change our negative habits and cultivate more willpower in the process.
Here are 25 quotes to increase our willpower and create powerful change in our lives:
“When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them. — Karen E. Quinones Miller
“Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.” — Bruce Lee
“When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.” — Jodi Picoult
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” — Wayne Dyer
“Just pick a goal, a goal you truly want to achieve, and take a clear-eyed look at your weaknesses — not so you’ll feel less confident, but so you can determine exactly what you need to work on. Then get to work. Celebrate small successes. Analyze your weaknesses. Keep going. As you gain skill, you’ll also gain a feeling of genuine confidence, one that can never be taken away — because you’ve earned it.” (OK, that one is mine, he said, blushing.) “Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” — Tina Fey
“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.” — William Jennings Bryan
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” — Vincent van Gogh
“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.” — Mark Victor Hansen
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Low self-confidence isn’t a life sentence. Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered — just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better.” — Barrie Davenport
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” — E.E. Cummings
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” — Golda Meir
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” — Arthur Ashe
“It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.” — Oprah Winfrey
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration — because it’s a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks.” — James Cameron
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” — Peter T. McIntyre
“Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.” — Richard Bach
“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” — Rumi
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”—Michael Jordan
At its core, mental toughness is simply the ability to stick to something when the going gets tough. People with high levels of mental toughness can push beyond these obstacles and forge a path towards success while those with lower levels of mental toughness may abandon their dreams.
No matter who you are, what you’ve been told, or what you currently believe, you can develop the mental toughness you need to be successful.
With great love and gratitude, Aurora
