Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Discipline Quotes

"I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path"

Dwayne Johnson, Actor

"If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little"

Martin Farquhar Tupper, Writer

"It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me"

Judith Light, Actress

"One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline"

Siobhan Davies, Dancer

"I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance"

John Burns, Activist

"I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time"

Cameron Diaz, Actress

"I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people"

Prince William, Royalty

"I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car"

Alain Prost, Celebrity

"It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing"

Warren Christopher, Statesman

"If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism"

Irving Babbitt, Critic

"But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance"

Trevor Dunn, Musician

"A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not"

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Philosopher

"I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom"

Alan Rickman, Actor

"I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong"

Elvis Costello, Musician

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus"

Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor

"What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"I waged war against my feelings"

John James Audubon, Scientist

"I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it"

Ralph Fiennes, Actor

"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right"

Norman Jewison, Director

"It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'"

Charles Simmons, Politician

"You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid"

Sugar Ray Robinson, Athlete

"I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it"

Kirstie Alley, Actress

"My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others"

Armstrong Williams, Journalist

"I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do"

Wynton Marsalis, Musician

"For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline"

Robert Vaughn, Actor

"I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline"

Ritchie Blackmore, Musician

"Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it"

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Athlete

"When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress"

Mercedes McCambridge, Actress

"But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training"

Robert Fripp, Musician

"Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them"

Edward James Olmos, Actor

"My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset"

Jack Nicklaus, Athlete

"I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting"

Edward Zwick, Director

"I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever"

Daniel Greenberg, Educator

"I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do"

Edward James Olmos, Actor

"I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do - I just go hit it, I don't stop to wait and think. Costs me two shots a round"

Brett Hull, Athlete

"Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate"

Betty Buckley, Actress

"No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important"

Karl Lagerfeld, Designer

"But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it"

Karl Lagerfeld, Designer

"Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"Choose the pain of discipline or the pain of regret"

Codie Sanchez, Entrepreneur

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