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Self-Discipline Quotes- Self-discipline refers to restriction of one’s own activities and feelings for the betterment of own self. Life without self-discipline is like a wild untamed horse left unleashed. Self-discipline builds integrity, good character, develops moral strength creates a sense of self-dependence. Hence, self-discipline is essential since childhood to make an individual perfect in several aspects when grows up. Self-discipline is a key to success in life. Lack of self-discipline makes a man aimless, lethargic and characterless.

Life without self-discipline is life without purpose. Self-discipline gives a man a definite vision, a concrete aim and makes him a wholesome individual useful to himself as well as to society he lives in.  Here are some important quotes on self-discipline:

Self-Discipline Quotes:

“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
- Abraham J. Heschel

“The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.”
- Bum Philips

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
- Plato

“The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him—and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.”
- J. Paul Getty

“You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.”
- Jim Whittaker

“Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.”
- Helen Hayes

“A man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself… He belongs to whatever can make captive of him.”
- John Foster

“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”
- Aristotle

“I think the guys who are really controlling their emotions … are going to win.”
- Tiger Woods

“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”
- Vince Lombardi

“Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.”
- Vince Lombardi

“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.”
- Clint Eastwood

“Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.”

- Dalai Lama

“The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.”
- Vince Lombardi

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“If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.”
- William Feather

“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”
- Henry Ward Beecher

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
- Lao Tzu

“Don’t make the same decision twice. Spend time and thought to make a solid decision the first time so that you don’t revisit the issue unnecessarily.”

- Bill Gates

“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.”
- Robert J. Ringer

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
- Horace

"Sure I am a religious man who is also passionate about conserving the environment. But I am also a CEO, with all the bad habits and attitudes that are natural to the species. . . . I am still naturally self-interested, overconfident, full of pride, and eager to control a meeting as any CEO in America. Every day, I struggle with my ego."

- Tom Chappell

“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”
- Pierre de Coubertin

"You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself."

- Jim Whittaker

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

-  Plato
"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."

- Sebastian Coe

"Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"A man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself . . . . He belongs to whatever can make captive of him."

- John Foster

"It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them."

- La Rochefoucauld

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"Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action."

- Vince Lombardi

"Nothing is more harmful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army superiority over another."

- George Washington
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."

- Henry Ward Beecher

Self-Discipline Quotes "There are no short cuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills
"If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us."

- William Feather

"Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

- Mark Twain
"Never suffer your courage to exert itself in fierceness, your resolution in obstinacy, your wisdom in cunning, nor your patience in sullenness and despair. "

- Charles Palmer

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

- Lao Tzu

"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

- Thomas á Kempis

Self-Discipline Quotes "Rule your mind or it will rule you."

- Horace

"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates."

- Richard Nixon

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

- Vince Lombardi
"Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success."

- Robert J. Ringer

"Success is actually a short race—a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over."

- Gary Keller

Self-Discipline Quotes "Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top."

- Paul Coffey

"It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'"

- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince."

- Vince Lombardi

"A successful career will no longer be about promotion. It will be about mastery."

- Michael Hammer