Quotes about Self-discipline

Libido, or concupiscence, a tending toward certain things in defiance of rational restraint.

I just feel like if I push myself and I kill myself, then I have self-discipline within myself. That's how you turn into a true pro.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.

In any organization, someone must be the boss. If it's even just one person, you've got to be the boss of yourself.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: everything random, everything irrelevant. And certainly everything self-important or malicious. You need to get used to winnowing your thoughts, so that if someone says, What are your thinking about? you can respond at once (and truthfully) that you are thinking this or thinking that.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.

Don't be overheard complaining ... not even to yourself.

Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how

And he cares nothing for their praise—men who can't even meet their own standards.