Quotes about Self-discipline

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.

Dienekes says the mind is like a house with many rooms," he said. "There are rooms one must not go into. To anticipate one's death is one of those rooms. We must not allow ourselves even to think it.

Instead of applying self-knowledge, self-discipline, delayed gratification and hard work, we simply consume a product.

The professional is prepared at a deeper level. He is prepared, each day, to confront his own self-sabotage.

While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.