An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into…

There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes…

— Charlotte Dacre

Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

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

— Gautama Buddha

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

— Antonio Porchia

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

— Augustus William Hare

Self-respect is the root of discipline

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.

— Augustus William Hare

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

— Michel de Montaigne

I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and…

— Augustus William Hare

Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.

— Rickson Gracie

Discipline enables you to think first and act second.

— Joyce Meyer

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

Respectable character is developed by consistency in self discipline and self control.

— Anil Kumar Sinha

With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you.

— Horace

Though it is folly to suppose that happiness is a matter of volition, and that we can make ourselves content and cheerful whenever we…

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik