Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
Quotations
Self - control
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
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Ultimate freedom means to live life freely with ''self-discipline''. Ego means
living by the thousands of disciplines borrowed from vice - virtues, religion and
society.
-Deep Trivedi
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
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
-Norman Vincent Peale
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
