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Self-control and willpower quotes (view source)
Revision as of 15:37, April 22, 2024
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== Quotes on self-control ==
== Quotes on self-control ==
[[Image:Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1919]]
[[Image:Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1919]]
''See also:'' [[Self-control and willpower quotes]]
*"By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character." - Grenville Kleiser
*"By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character." - Grenville Kleiser
*"Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill." - Travis Bradberry
*"Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill." - Travis Bradberry
*“For whatever goal you want to achieve, there is discomfort along that path. Self-discipline drives you through this discomfort and allows you to achieve and attain. It’s an essential component of mastery, and nothing great was ever accomplished without it.” - Peter Hollins
*"Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not." -Elbert Hubbard.
*“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
*“The fact is, self-discipline is only punishment when imposed by someone else. When you discipline yourself, it’s not punishment but empowerment.” - Les Brown
*"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.' - [[Calvin Coolidge]]
*"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.' - [[Calvin Coolidge]]
*"Since self-control is vital to reaching long-term goals, befriending people with willpower could be the secret to success. Whether you're tempted to skip that workout at the gym, or you're considering blowing this month's budget, spending time with a disciplined friend could boost your motivation to maintain healthy habits." - Amy Morin
*"Since self-control is vital to reaching long-term goals, befriending people with willpower could be the secret to success. Whether you're tempted to skip that workout at the gym, or you're considering blowing this month's budget, spending time with a disciplined friend could boost your motivation to maintain healthy habits." - Amy Morin
*"You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself…the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment…and this is the law of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others." – [[Leonardo da Vinci]]
*“Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.” - [[Abraham Lincoln]]
*“Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not inherently sinful) puts us in control of our appetites rather than vice versa. It deposes our lust and permits truth, virtue, and integrity to rule our minds instead.” - John MacArthur Jr.
*“Through self-discipline comes freedom.” – [[Aristotle]]
*“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” - Mortimer J. Adler
*“The foundation of a strong self comes from small acts of daily discipline.” - Ophelia Filek
“Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you cannot control what you do. Simply, self-discipline allows you to think first and act afterwards.” – Napoleon Hill
“Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It requires you to connect today’s actions to tomorrow’s results.” – Gary Ryan
“Discipline is inherently uncomfortable, so strengthening your relationship with discomfort is one of the best ways to improve self-discipline. Everybody has different fears, insecurities, and discomforts. But a lot of people go through their life avoiding those things, and thus limiting their own potential. If you want to maximize all the positive aspects of your life, you can start with facing your fears and choosing to be uncomfortable.” - Peter Hollins
“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” - [[Edmund Burke]]
“Without goals and aspirations, discipline is going to feel like pointless suffering. Therefore, our lapses in discipline often come when we aren’t connected to our goals." - Peter Hollins
“I think self-discipline is something, it’s like a muscle. The more you exercise it the stronger its gets.” – Daniel Goldstein
“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” - Abraham Joshua Heschel
“One strategy to help you master delaying gratification is to think about your future self more—the one who will be rewarded for your temporary suffering. Integrate your view of your future self as one and the same with the you that is acting now. When you’re emotionally one with your future self, it becomes easier for you to act for the good of your future self instead of just following the whims of your present self.” - Peter Hollins
“You must develop the discipline to think right. It will give you the discipline to act right.” – Iyanla Vanzant
“Each act of self-discipline strengthens every other act of self-discipline. Every act of persistence strengthens every other act of persistence. When you discipline yourself to persist, over and over, you like and respect yourself more and more. You become stronger and more confident. Eventually, you become unstoppable.” - Brian Tracy
“When you’re making decisions, which time frame do you tend to focus on? Do you find yourself thinking only of the pleasures a decision will afford you in the present, or of the consequences an action will have on your future self?” - Peter Hollins
“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievement gained slowly over time.” – John Maxwell
“Self-discipline is a self-enlarging process." - M. Scott Peck.
“We do not have to be smarter than the rest, we have to be more disciplined than the rest.” – Warren Buffet
“You must be disciplined in thought, word, and deed. Consciously train yourself to do those things that are good for you.” – Iyanla Vanzant
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.” – Jim Rohn
"Self-discipline is self-caring.” - M. Scott Peck
“You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.” - Brian Tracy
“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline – and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.” - Carl Zuckmeyer
“Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive, but mutually dependent because without discipline we would sink into chaos.” - Paulo Coelho
“Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.” – Matthew Kelly
== Willpower quotes ==
== Willpower quotes ==