Heroic Willpower/Quotes

"[Man in Wheelchair is being led down corridor. An Agent is Observing.]

Agent: An interesting case. No, I anticipate no problems, all memory of the race has been expunged. He will never run again. He will never walk again.

Agent: A record that will live in people's memory forever, what more can a man want?

[Wheelchair stops]

Man in Wheelchair: ...Fuh.

Agent: No. Sit!

[Man begins to stand up]

Man: ...Free!

Agent: Sit Down!

[Man stands up and walks five steps before collapsing]"

- The Animatrix

""Actually, I think I'm beating it back with sheer will power.""

- Jake from Adventure Time

"''"Tell me, Drummknott, are you a betting man at all?"

"I have been known to have the occasional 'little flutter,' sir."

"Given, then, a contest between an invisible and very powerful quasidemonic thing of pure vengeance on the one hand, and the commander on the other, where would you wager, say... one dollar?"

"I wouldn't, sir. That looks like one that would go to the judges."

"Yes," said Vetinari, staring thoughtfully at the closed door. "Yes, indeed."''"

- Lord Havelock Vetinari and Drumknott, on Commander Samuel Vimes vs. the Summoning Dark, Thud!

"If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";"

- Rudyard Kipling, If---

"Little known fact, though: you can overcome paralysis through fresh air and sheer willpower. Heidi 4 Paws taught me that. You hear that disabled people of the world? You don't need doctors. All you need is to believe!"

- Obscurus Lupa, Heidi 4 Paws review