Oswald Chambers Quotes

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

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?

I have a strong will-power.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

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

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my mother has told me that it was fortunate that I chose to do acceptable things, for if I had chosen otherwise, no one could have deflected me from my path.

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!'

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

I have a very strong will.

The only thing that I can do - and the only thing that I've always done - is to ride my bike fast and get my head down and control the things I can control.

Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you probably will keep your head.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.