Discipline And Self Control Quotes

• 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.

  Roy Baumeister

  Sports, Self Esteem, Discipline

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  He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1859). “The complete poetical works of John Milton: together with a life of the author”

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• Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Change, Bad Ass

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• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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• Discipline enables you to think first and act second.

  Joyce Meyer

  Thinking, Discipline, Self Control

  Twitter post from Jan 7, 2013

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• Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

  Eric Mangini

  Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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• Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 14, 2017

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• Discipline is the virtue that begins in obedience and flowers in self-control.

  Ted Malloch

  Flower, Self, Discipline

  "Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise". Book by Ted Malloch, 2011.

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• Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Truth, Freedom

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.37

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

  William Feather

  Self, Discipline, World

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• The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Peace, Temptation

  Norman Vincent Peale (2016). “Reaching Your Potential”, p.76, Jaico Publishing House

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• The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Dance, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2001). “What It Takes To Be Number #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.18, McGraw Hill Professional

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• An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys.

  Vida Dutton Scudder

  Motivational, Joy, Self Control

  Vida Dutton Scudder (1939). “The privilege of age: essays secular and spiritual”

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• We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.

  Augustus William Hare

  Motivational, Real, Fall

  Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.180

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• I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse self-will, unaided by which the other three would be comparatively powerless.

  Augustus William Hare

  Motivational, Self, Enemy

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• Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.

  Antonio Porchia

  Motivational, Mean, Doe

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• Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

  Epictetus

  Military, Philosophical, Discipline

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.316

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• If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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  There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Forbidden Love, Temptation

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

  Jim Rohn

  Character, Greatness, Self

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• Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.

  Marie Chapian

  Women, Frustration, Self

  Marie Chapian (1997). “A Confident, Dynamic You: Ten Keys to Moving from I Can't to I Can”, Vine Books

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• Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

  Franz Kafka

  Spiritual, Mean, Self

  Franz Kafka (1991). “The Blue Octavo Notebooks”

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• A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.

  C. S. Lewis

  Motivational, Strong, Lying

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