Quotes about Self-discipline

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

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

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take a strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.

We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.

I sit in the driver's seat concerning most of the structure of my every day, including growing in the Lord. I decide whether the things of the Lord are really that important to me…or not. I decide whether I will make the effort to grow…or not. I decide whether I will schedule in the time it takes to grow, to meet with God regularly, to stop, look, and listen to Him by reading my Bible…or not.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.