Quotes about Self-discipline

It also requires independent will, the power to do something when you don't want to do it, to be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go.

The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves. Inside-out

Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will.

I am busy because I am lazy. I indolently let others decide what I will do instead of resolutely deciding myself. It was a favorite theme of C. S. Lewis that only lazy people work hard. By lazily abdicating the essential work of deciding and directing, establishing values and setting goals, other people do it for us.

Integrity is not a given factor in everyone's life. It is a result of self-discipline, inner trust, and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives.

I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

Proverbs 16:32, which says that mightier is the man who can control his temper than the man who can conquer a city.

Make no excuses. Rationalize nothing. Blame no one. Humble yourself.

If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. James 3:2

God desires to change us from the inside out—renewing our minds, starving our self-destructive tendencies, and teaching us to form new habits.

Here's a rule of thumb for the thought life that will be a catalyst for victory in all parts of life: starve the flesh and feed the spirit.