Self Discipline Quotes

287 Self Discipline quotes by 215 unique authors

You should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve. — Steve Jobs
The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the… — Theodore Roosevelt
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of… — Michael E. DeBakey
With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains — Georges St-Pierre
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms… — Michel Foucault
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. — Mahatma Gandhi
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there. — Haile Gebrselassie
When you have nothing to say, say nothing. — Charles Caleb Colton
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. — Pierre de Coubertin
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed… — Aleister Crowley
I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time. — Cameron Diaz
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. — Benjamin Disraeli
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. — Benjamin Disraeli
It's never crowded along the extra mile. — Wayne Dyer
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. — Clint Eastwood
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. — George Eliot
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.' — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus
Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and… — Helen Hayes
Without discipline, there's no life at all. — Katharine Hepburn
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. — Frank Herbert
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. — Napoleon Hill
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. — Thomas Jefferson
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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