Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence"
Quotations
Self - control
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'
-Stephen Covey
Nothing and no one can control you without your approval first.
-Anonymous
I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
-Mick Jagger
Discipline is remembering what you want.
-David Campbell
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
You must admit you have self-control before you can use it.
-Carrie Latet
Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
-Wayne W. Dyer
