"I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good."

Willpower, Effort, Wisdom, Hope, Action

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"I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good."

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"A man can do as he will, but not will as he will."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Willpower, Will, Freedom, Choice, Action

"I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Willpower, Effort, Wisdom, Hope, Action

"Regardless of gender, one has to be willing to take what belongs and what has been promised, by not backing down and by not giving up. Never be willing to throw in the towel and accept defeat!"

Ellen J. Barrier, American Poet

Willpower, Determination, Persistence, Gender, Responsibility

"Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Willpower, Power, Physics, Strength, Control

"Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Willpower, Temptation, Life, Struggle

"Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Willpower, Desire, Restraint, Choice

"It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Willpower, Enjoyment, Hunger, Force, Will

"Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,..."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Willpower, Faith, Will, Desire, Force

"Mood's a thing for cattle or for making love. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter your mood."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Willpower, Mood, Conflict, Strength, Necessity

"Do all the works you can while you still have the strength to work."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Willpower, Do, Work, Strength, Ability

Explore more quotes by Charlotte Bronte

"I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience."

Equality

"I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high."

Freedom

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."

Friendship

"You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength."

Life

"I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me."

Love

"I feel monotony and death to be almost the same."

Death

"I have little left in myself -- I must have you. The world may laugh -- may call me absurd, selfish -- but it does not signify. My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame."

Needs

"You have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and a faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose then, your heart has been weeping blood?"

Despair

"A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow."

Mind

"You, sir, are the most phantom-like of all; you are a mere dream."

Illusion