Quotes about Discipline

There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work. With self-discipline, they all work.

The foundation of self-confidence, the basis of boldness and self-assertion, is a deep inner trust, based on living a life of perfect integrity, and disciplining yourself to live consistent with your highest values in every situation.

The more you discipline yourself to persist on a major task, the more you like and respect yourself, and the higher is your self-esteem.

Any thought or action that you repeat over and over will eventually become a new habit.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Read in your field for at least one hour every day.

This is one of the greatest breakthroughs in success psychology. You develop the courage you desire by disciplining yourself repeatedly to do the thing you fear until that fear eventually disappears—and it will.

The only real cure for fear or worry is disciplined, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.

Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.

Write down your goals, make plans to achieve them, and work on your plans every single day.

This discipline of systematic time planning can be very helpful to you. Many people have told me that the habit of taking a couple of hours at the end of each week to plan the coming week has increased their productivity dramatically and changed their lives completely. This technique will work for you as well.

What I learned was that in order to achive great success in life, you must become a special kind of person. To rise above the majority, you must develop qualities and disciplines that the average person lacks.