Self-discipline Quotes

She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.

True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed...

Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end.

Her genius derives from the fact that she was capable of the deepest feeling but also of the most di...

[T]he road to character is built by confronting your own weakness.

there was perhaps a strain of humility that was more common then than now, that there was a moral ec...

The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the...

The flesh resists this daily humiliation, first by a frontal attack, and later by hiding itself unde...

Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited.

What was it St. Augustine said? "The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and...

He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.

It is always easy to break one’s word to oneself.

‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse your...

I am superior to you only in one point: I'm awake, whereas you are only half awake, or completely as...

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The ...

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yours...