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

  William Feather

  Self, Discipline, World

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• It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Struggle, Buddhism

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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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• The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

  Stephen Covey

  Impulse Control, Essence, Self Control

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.83, Mango Media Inc.

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• What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Happiness, Lying

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

  Pietro Aretino

  Motivational, Kings, Responsibility

  Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

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• You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.

  Jim Whittaker

  Motivational, Discipline, Mountain

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• Self-respect is the root of discipline

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Self, Roots, Discipline

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• If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, James Breckenridge Jones, Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and Grow Rich, Updated and Complete - With If You Can Count to Four...”, p.120, Lulu.com

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• What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.

  Henry Parry Liddon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• With self-discipline most anything is possible.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Self

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

  Bum Phillips

  Life, Motivational, Volleyball

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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• 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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• Without discipline, there's no life at all.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Life, Discipline, Inspirational Kindness

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Motivational, Positive, Inspiring

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