Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.
Interpretation
Self-discipline requires effort and perseverance, but many desire it to come easily.
In this quote, Thomas S. Monson highlights the reality that self-discipline is inherently challenging and demands a rigorous approach. While many individuals wish for the benefits of self-discipline without the accompanying hard work and discomfort, true discipline necessitates commitment and perseverance over time to achieve personal growth and success.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational speech about achieving goals.
Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order for us to be tested, we must face challenges and difficulties. These can break us, and the surface of our souls may crack and crumble-that is, if our foundations of faith, our testimonies of truth are not deeply embedded within us.
We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.
Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity - even a sincerity - when "thank you" is spoken.
No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.
Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.
The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.
Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.
Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.
Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.
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