Quotes about Self-discipline

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'

What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Don't just let the devil use your mind as a garbage dump.

Libido, or concupiscence, a tending toward certain things in defiance of rational restraint.

I just feel like if I push myself and I kill myself, then I have self-discipline within myself. That's how you turn into a true pro.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.

In any organization, someone must be the boss. If it's even just one person, you've got to be the boss of yourself.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: everything random, everything irrelevant. And certainly everything self-important or malicious. You need to get used to winnowing your thoughts, so that if someone says, What are your thinking about? you can respond at once (and truthfully) that you are thinking this or thinking that.