Sentence examples for strength of willpower from inspiring English sources

Brown said: "But Mandela was the first to say that true courage depends not just on strength of willpower, but the strength of belief and what drove Mandela forward and what made him the architect of a free South Africa - the one and first great achievement - was this burning belief that everyone, every man and woman, was equal.

These were: "the strength of willpower" and "altered perspectives".

In the end, for most of them, their strength of willpower won over.

The second sub-theme that related to the strength of willpower was called strategizing recovery.

Participants spoke about how they had to grow quickly after their accident, and partly this was about taking responsibility for finding and holding on to their strength of willpower in order to start the journey to recovery.

Their bravery had been extraordinary, the strength of their willpower almost scary.

Rather, they recognized that there would be challenges that they would have to face in their recovery, and they resolved to use the strength of their willpower to do whatever it took to get better.

When the battle for the Iraqi capital begins, he said, American advantages in high-technology weaponry, and American commanders' preference for attacking the enemy with long-range weapons to avoid casualties, would be minimized, and the Iraqis' strengths, of endurance, willpower and a readiness to fight for their own territory, would prevail.

"The biggest miscalculation of the Philippines is that it has misestimated the strength and willpower of China to defends its territorial integrity," he wrote.

It's not what you'd expect from the master of thin, emaciated figures, but I love the way he shows the strength and willpower of his brother.

God knows what reserves of strength and willpower and bloody-mindedness he has burrowed into to get through these last three weeks.