Self Discipline Quotes
287 quotes by 228 authors
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
— Pietro Aretino
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Well begun is half done.
— Aristotle
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which…
— Bruno Bettelheim
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Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
— Theodor Adorno
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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
— Josh Billings
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards,…
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price…
— Harry Browne
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
— Jackie Chan
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Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.
— Amy Chua
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I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they…
— Amy Chua
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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
— Mario Andretti
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Your mental attitude is someting you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude - your mental attitude…
— Napoleon Hill
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Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being watched or not, which makes one truthful when it is to one's advantage to…
— Arthur S. Adams
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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…
— Napoleon Hill
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Without self-discipline, a noncommissioned officer can never develop or maintain personal integrity.
— Silas L. Copeland
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Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military…
— Clare Boothe Luce
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Persistence is self-discipline in action.
— Brian Tracy
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Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.
— Brian Tracy
Who Wrote These Self Discipline Quotes
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