Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Discipline Quotes

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"The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger"

Frank Herbert, Writer

Frank Herbert

"It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it"

Miguel de Cervantes, Novelist

Miguel de Cervantes

"Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself"

Colin Powell, Statesman

Colin Powell

"The discipline of desire is the background of character"

John Locke, Philosopher

John Locke

"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety"

Aeschylus, Playwright

Aeschylus

"To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better"

Henri Matisse, Artist

Henri Matisse

"It's not the daily increase, but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential"

Bruce Lee, Actor

Bruce Lee

"Be Prepared... The meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise"

Robert Baden-Powell, Soldier

Robert Baden-Powell

"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong"

Baltasar Gracian, Philosopher

Baltasar Gracian

"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power"

Clint Eastwood, Actor

Clint Eastwood

"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king"

John Milton, Poet

John Milton

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents"

Andrew Carnegie, Businessman

Andrew Carnegie

"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled"

Andrew Carnegie, Businessman

Andrew Carnegie

"My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them"

Walter Savage Landor, Poet

Walter Savage Landor

"Without discipline, there's no life at all"

Katharine Hepburn, Actress

Katharine Hepburn

"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy"

Hesiod, Poet

Hesiod

"A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends"

Cyril Connolly, Journalist

"And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers"

Sam Donaldson, Journalist

Sam Donaldson

"A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself"

James Allen, Author

"In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace"

Ben Hecht, Writer

"He who is firm in will molds the world to himself"

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Philosopher

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly"

Julie Andrews, Actress

"You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder"

Xi Zhi, Philosopher

"I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar"

Christine Lahti, Actress

"I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel my own wardrobe in and that's it"

Charlie Watts, Musician

"I'm very strong-willed and I'm stubborn, so if I don't want to do something, it's hard to make me do it"

Billie Eilish, Musician

Billie Eilish

"You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters"

Courtney Thorne Smith, Actress

"I'm the reason why I'm overweight. No one made me do it. I did it"

Neil Cavuto, Journalist

"Well, I quit smoking three weeks ago and I had a hard day today not smoking"

Eric Roberts, Actor

"I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do"

George J. Mitchell, Politician

"Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight"

Bobby Vinton, Musician

"I think we all have to fight the werewolf within us somehow"

William Kempe, Actor

"Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution"

Muhammed Iqbal, Poet

"One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck"

Carl Zuckmayer, Playwright

"The worst education which teaches self-denial is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that"

John Sterling, Author

John Sterling

"I don't drink, I don't smoke and I don't party"

Stephanie Mills, Musician

"I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be"

Chrissie Hynde, Musician

"I am, indeed, a king because I know how to rule myself"

Pietro Aretino, Poet

"It's one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

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