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
Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben
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
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
-Wayne W. Dyer
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
-Jim Rohn
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
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)"
Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
You must admit you have self-control before you can use it.
-Carrie Latet
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.
-Jim Rohn
