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
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.
-Jim Rohn
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
-Jim Rohn
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
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)"
Discipline is remembering what you want.
-David Campbell
Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
-Mick Jagger
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
