Quotes about Self-discipline

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take a strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.

We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.

I sit in the driver's seat concerning most of the structure of my every day, including growing in the Lord. I decide whether the things of the Lord are really that important to me…or not. I decide whether I will make the effort to grow…or not. I decide whether I will schedule in the time it takes to grow, to meet with God regularly, to stop, look, and listen to Him by reading my Bible…or not.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

You can guilt yourself into doing anything short-term, but the change will last only as long as the guilt (or fear) does.

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.