Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Self-Discipline Quotes

"Most people are addicted to comfort, not committed to a craft"

Codie Sanchez, Entrepreneur

"A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius"

Alex Hormozi, Entrepreneur

"Masters never don't do the basics"

Alex Hormozi, Entrepreneur

"There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life"

Celine Dion, Musician

"The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was... good"

Ron Wood, Musician

"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well"

Christine Baranski, Actress

"People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient"

Ernie Banks, Athlete

"Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears"

Barbara Johnson, Critic

"I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted"

Dennis Quaid, Actor

"You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way"

Sarah Brightman, Musician

"I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid"

Bruno Mars, Musician

"I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have"

Arthur Golden, Writer

"When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent"

Jennifer Lawrence, Actress

"I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that"

Mary Tyler Moore, Actress

"On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life"

Suzanne Farrell, Dancer

"Discipline is not a nasty word"

Pat Riley, Coach

"I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... Though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things"

Rob Lowe, Actor

"In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board, he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house"

Christine Baranski, Actress

"I don't drink. I don't do drugs!"

Casper Van Dien, Actor

"A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it"

Calista Flockhart, Actress

"Always be consistent"

Casey Kasem, Actor

"The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself"

Dennis Potter, Dramatist

"Paul is a very creative artist, but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut"

Art Garfunkel, Musician

"Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid"

Barbara Hepworth, Artist

"In the absence of willpower, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless"

Aleister Crowley, Critic

"It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does, the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos"

Guy Ritchie, Director

"If I talk about something, I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all its drive and all its fun"

Carol Channing, Actress

"Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant"

Caecilius Statius, Poet

"Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose"

Mike Johanns, Politician

"Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work"

Clive Barker, Writer

"I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind"

Naomi Campbell, Model

"My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up"

Richie Benaud, Athlete

"Limits are very important"

Colin Greenwood, Musician

"It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free"

Vinoba Bhave, Educator

"If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order"

Vinoba Bhave, Educator

"I have to reign myself in a lot"

Thurston Moore, Musician

"I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run"

Aishwarya Rai, Actress

"I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have"

Dan Marino, Athlete

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