Roy Baumeister quotes
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“Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.”
-- Roy BaumeisterSource : "Why willpower matters – and how to get it" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2012.
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“Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.”
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“Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.”
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“Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . . people with good self-control mainly use it not for rescue in emergencies but rather to develop effective habits and routines in school and at work.”
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“Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.”
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“What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans.”
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“For most of us... the problem is not a lack of goals but rather too many of them.”
-- Roy BaumeisterSource : Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney (2011). “Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength”, p.56, Penguin
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“The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.”
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“Violence appears to be most commonly a result of threatened egotism -- that is, highly favorable views of self that are disputed by some person or circumstance. ... violence is perpetrated by a small subset of people with favorable views of themselves. ... Viewed in this light, the societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.”
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“People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.”
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“Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.”
-- Roy Baumeister
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