Socrates on Discipline Quotes

"Is it not a shame for a man to be in such a condition that he does not know what he can do, because he has never tried?"

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."

"To move the world we must first move ourselves."

"No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."

"The first and best victory is to conquer self."

"Is it not a shame for a man to be so ignorant of his own body as to not know how to help himself?"

"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."

"The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact."

"Let him that would move the world, first move himself."

"I am and always have been one of those natures who must be guided by reason, whatever the reason may be which upon reflection appears to me to be the best."

"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live."

"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat."

"I call him the strongest who is able to control his own passions."