You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
-Wayne W. Dyer
Quotations
Self - control
Discipline is remembering what you want.
-David Campbell
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
-Mick Jagger
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
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
-Jim Rohn
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
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
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
-Jim Rohn
