Quotes on Discipline And Self Control

Self-disciplined 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.

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

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.