Quotes about Self-discipline

Patience is part of true Christlikeness, something we so often admire in others without demanding it of ourselves.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.

Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.

For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

I wake up at 6 A.M. and start with yoga. I'm by no means a morning person, but I've trained myself to become one. My husband wakes up at 4:30 A.M., so he makes me feel like a loser. When you wake up and no one is in the bed, it kind of gets you up.

Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Take the pains required to become what you want to become, or you might end up becoming something you'd rather not be. That is also a daily discipline and worth considering.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.