Evelyn Underhill Quotes

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 brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

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

It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.

I want to test my will.

Will is not unfrequently weakness.

I cannot give up my will - I must exercise it, putting it into action.

I think willpower is very valuable.

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

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs.

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock.

Your strength lies in this, that you are not absolute but resolute.

The secret of power is will.

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

I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.

Everything in this world depends upon will.

Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?

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

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.