White Knuckling Quotes

“Real change isn't achieved as the result of white knuckling and hoping for the best. It requires changing your heart.”
― Eddie Capparucci, Removing Your Shame Label: Learning to Break From Shame and Feel God’s Love

“Tamlin's face was like stone- like stone, save for the white-knuckled grip on the arms of his throne. No claws. He was able to keep that sign of his temper at bay, at least.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Informing smokers of the risks had only a mild impact on smoking rates. Even after the Surgeon General’s landmark 1964 report of the dangers, U.S. tobacco sales continued to climb until 1980. In taming habits, knowledge is just not a powerful lever. Willpower also isn’t much help—not when stacked up against nicotine. The Centers for Disease Control report that 68 percent of smokers say they want to quit completely. However, each individual attempt usually fails. Only about one in ten actually stop smoking for good. Most end up relapsing, typically within a week. The conflict between habit (smoke here) and conscious awareness (it’s now illegal) should decrease over time. As people repeatedly comply with a prohibition, their habits become linked to new places, ones where they now repeatedly smoke. Thus, in Lewin’s famous equation, behavior is a function of the person and the context/environment.”
― Wendy Wood, Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick