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

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The Power of Discipline

Discipline is by far more than just getting up early in the morning every day or cleaning your desk. The challenge is rather to rule your mind, to conquer yourself. Get to know why and what you can do in order to master this challenge.

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The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.

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If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.

William Feather

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 your luck.

Carl Zuckmayer

It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest men.

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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

Bruno Bettelheim

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

Katharine Hepburn

It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.

Vince Lombardi

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decideyour problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

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Most of us don’t mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn’t interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

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The only discipline that lasts is self discipline.

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Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.

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Denis Waitley

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

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If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter.

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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.

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Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

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The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets.

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