Quotes about Self-discipline

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

High Standards for High Achievement.

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

The profile of a wealthy person is this hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline.

Over the years, I've found that anger is necessary, but it must reach an equilibrium: You need just enough but never too much. If you don't let it in, you become hollow; but if you let it take over, you become its slave.

If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

You may not be able to control other people . . . but you can control how you react to them and their actions. This is an easy thing to say but much more difficult to do.

A man is no bigger than the things which he allows to annoy him.

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit.

You can replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you can replace inaction with action, and you can form any habit you choose. Your thoughts are the only thing in life that you can completely control—if you choose to do so. You can control your thoughts to control your habits.

Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self.