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• Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.

  Vince Lombardi

  Leadership, Character, Sacrifice

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.120, McGraw Hill Professional

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• All religions teach one basic discipline - the removal from the mind of the blemish of egoism, of running after little joys.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Running, Joy, Mind

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• Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?

  Yehudi Menuhin

  Lines

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• It's so easy to be undisciplined. And to be disciplined is so against my character, my general nature anyway, that I have to strain a little bit to keep on the right track.

  Robert Rauschenberg

  Character, Track, Littles

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• I'm going to try to stay buff as long as I can, but it takes a lot of discipline and staying away from your favorite junk food!.

  Tobey Maguire

  Long, Trying, Junk

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• Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.

  Roy Baumeister

  Running, Animal, Long

  "Why willpower matters – and how to get it" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2012.

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• For an interest to be rewarding, one must pay in discipline and dedication, especially though the difficult or boring stages which are inevitably encountered.

  Mirra Komarovsky

  Dedication, Pay, Boring

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• An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.

  Eric Maisel

  Artist, Self, Goal

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.

  Walter Darby Bannard

  No Respect, Produce, Get Away

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• The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.

  Rachel Carson

  Writing, Listening, Stills

  Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

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• The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.

  Anne Truitt

  Artist, Nerves, Lifetime

  Anne Truitt, Audrey Niffenegger (2013). “Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.

  Eiji Yoshikawa

  Training, Want, Moments

  Eiji Yoshikawa (1981). “Musashi”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Zen purposes to discipline the mind itself, to make it its own master, through an insight into its proper nature. This getting into the real nature of one's own mind or soul is the fundamental object of Zen Buddhism. Zen, therefore, is more than meditation and Dhyana in its ordinary sense. The discipline of Zen consists in opening the mental eye in order to look into the very reason of existence.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Nature, Real, Eye

  D.T. Suzuki (2007). “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism”, p.30, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

  Lee Iacocca

  Life, Motivational, Writing

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.50, Bantam

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• That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Freedom, Patriotic, Government

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• When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Levels, Remember

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• To know how to dispense with things is to possess them.

  Jean-Francois Regnard

  Know How, Knows

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• Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Padlocks, Bars, Maidens

  "The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha".

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• I think the guys who are really controlling their emotions ... are going to win.

  Tiger Woods

  Winning, Thinking, Guy

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• I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do

  Edward James Olmos

  Want

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• Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

  Bernard Law Montgomery

  Mind, Influence, Impervious

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• The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

  Georg Solti

  Life Lesson, Hard Work, People

  Georg Solti, Harvey Sachs (1997). “Memoirs”, Knopf

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• I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.

  William Brewster

  Forgiveness, Heart, Godly

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• I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusion of almost everything else.

  Tom Glazer

  Numbers, People, Exclusion

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• It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Understanding, Matter

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