Discipline Quotes

"Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death."

"To conquer the world, one must first conquer the self."

"The Stoic seeks to be indifferent to all things, but this indifference is not a lack of feeling; it is a mastery over feeling."

"Discipline equals freedom."

"Without the constant application of the will, the mind wanders into vanity."

"Writing was my way of organizing the chaos in my head when the comedy stopped working as a sedative."

"I didn't have a 'day off' in twenty years. Even when I was on vacation, I was training my body."

"Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?"

"Confidence is not something you are born with. It is something you earn through sweat and discipline."

"Work, work, work, is the main thing."

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

"The cautious seldom err."

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

"The power of self-discipline. If you cannot get control of yourself, do not try to get rich."

"A lot of us surround ourselves with people who speak to our comfort. I surround myself with people who speak to my potential."

"When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness."

"I have always believed that exercise is a key not only to physical health but to peace of mind."

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."

"Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you."

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

"Rest, exercise, and diet. If you neglect one, the others will eventually fail you."

"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."

"To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

"Since those who rule in the city do so because they own a lot, I suppose they're unwilling to enact laws to prevent young people who've had no discipline from spending and wasting their wealth, so that by making loans to them, secured by the young people's property, and then calling those loans in, they themselves become even richer and more honored. 555c, G. Grube and C. Reeve, trans., Plato: Complete Works (1997), p. 1166"

"It is the duty of the state to provide for the poor, but the duty of the individual to provide for himself."

"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."

"Physical fitness is the foundation of mental strength. If you can't control your body, you can't control your mind."

"My confidence grows with every round I spar and every mile I run. It is earned through sweat."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

"The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

"Those who have the patience to do the simple things perfectly are the ones who achieve the great things easily."