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)"
Quotations
Self - control
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
-Jim Rohn
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
-Wayne W. Dyer
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
-Jim Rohn
You must admit you have self-control before you can use it.
-Carrie Latet
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"
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
-Pietro Aretino
