Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

The WILL is always near, dear, though the feet vary.

I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You have to will it.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.

I think willpower is very valuable.

It's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.

If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The will is what matters - as long as you have that, you are safe.

As long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.

My life I was raised to believe that you should never give in—that you should never give up.

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

I think just that dog inside of you. When things suck, just to still fight.

When I need motivation, I just think I can do everything if I maintain a strong sense of will.

You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.