Top 200 Willpower Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.”

— Vince Lombardi

102. “I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.”

— Ayn Rand

103. “If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished – mountains can be crumbled into atoms.”

— Swami Vivekananda

104. “This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”

— Terry Pratchett

105. “You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.”

— Napoleon Hill

106. “Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.”

— Napoleon Hill

107. “Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

108. “See it, believe it, achieve it.”

— Lori-Ann Muenzer

109. “I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.”

— Og Mandino

110. “To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.”

— Nick Vujicic

111. “Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself.”

— Michael Phelps

112. “We’ll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it.”

— Travis Rice

113. “The only time we fail is when we stop trying.”

— Chuck Norris

114. “Be magical, choose and believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. We are who we choose to be.”

— Will Smith

115. “Today begins, tomorrow continues, and it never ends until you reach your goal.”

— Greg Plitt

116. “Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.”

— Pauline Kael

117. “If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

118. “The first step is you have to say that you can.”

— Will Smith

119. “The only one who can tell you “You can’t” is you. And you don’t have to listen.”

— Dean Karnazes

120. “Act as though it is impossible to fail.”

— Dorothea Brande

121. “Doubters don’t win, winners don’t doubt.”

— Denis Waitley

122. “Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you are driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.”

— David Goggins

123. “Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

124. “Don’t make excuses! Make changes!”

— Tony Gaskins

125. “To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.”

— Sugar Ray Robinson

126. “We all start with zero. We all start at the beginning. Do not give up.”

— Nick Vujicic

127. “Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you. Even though you know you are going to be killed, fight till you “are killed.” Don’t die of fright. Die fighting. Don’t go down till you are knocked down.”

— Swami Vivekananda

128. “Trust yourself and believe. Whatever happens, don’t give up...”

— William Kamkwamba

129. “Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!”

— John Lewis

130. “In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

131. “If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you’re gonna make it happen.”

— Mariah Carey

132. “You don’t need directions, just point yourself to the top and go!”

— Dwayne Johnson

133. “If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started I was desperately wishing to be where I am now.”

— Anonymous

134. “Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.”

— Richard Sherman

135. “Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.”

— Paulo Coelho

136. “Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

— Hayao Miyazaki

137. “If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.”

— Vince Lombardi

138. “If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing.”

— Mas Oyama

139. “The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe strongly enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”

— Bob Ross

140. “I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools.”

— Og Mandino

141. “It’s harder to stay strong than it is to give up. Giving up doesn’t get you anywhere... Only makes you weak.”

— Demi Lovato

142. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”

— Arnold Palmer

143. “Any day that we don’t give up puts us one day closer to success!”

— Joyce Meyer

144. “If you will it, it is no dream; and if you do not will it, a dream it is and a dream it will stay.”

— Theodor Herzl

145. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be.”

— Napoleon Hill

146. “I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.”

— Johnny Cash

147. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.”

— Tommy Lasorda

148. “Don’t wait until you feel like taking positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it.”

— Zig Ziglar

149. “The wall! Your success is on the other side. Can’t jump over it or go around it. You know what to do.”

— Dwayne Johnson

150. “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.”

— Barack Obama