"Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling--it's about choosing."

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Source : Penney Peirce, Michael Bernard Beckwith (2011). “Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

Penney Peirce

#Willpower Quotes

“At spare moments in the day, make it a point to contemplate the loss of whatever you value in life. It can make you realize, if only for a time, how lucky you are - how much you have to be thankful for, almost regardless of your circumstances...”

Source : "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy". Book by William Braxton Irvine, October 7, 2008.
“The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper.”

Source : Edward Dahlberg (1967). “Alms for Oblivion”, p.61, U of Minnesota Press
“Los Angeles is a very transient town. It's the only place I know where you can actually rent a dog.”
“I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do.”
“The historian amputates reality.”
“I feel blessed that I managed to fight 46 fights undefeated, that I was a world champion for 11 years, one of the longest reigning champions of all time and I like to think that I come out looking pretty good.”
“Andrea Jaeger plays tennis like she's double-parked.”
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”

Source : "Third and Possibly the Best 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said". Book by Robert Byrne, No. 40, 1986.

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