Quotes on Self Discipline

By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. It rejects the self-absorbed life in favor of developing character worthy of respect and true greatness through Christlike service.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

If I want to be great, I have to win the victory over myself...self-d iscipline.

Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, suffer the pain. Your desires must be disciplined And what you want to happen in time, sacrificed.

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

Doing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden. You don't see its growth. But, it does by days. Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone. You don't see its damage. But, it does by days.

Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.

Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every scientific addition to knowledge, has proved potentially dangerous, because it has not been accompanied by equal gains in self-understanding and self-discipline.

Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.

You don't discipline yourself to attain the feeling of love. You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself because you love the discipline, because it brings more love.

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.