I. Quotes about Self – discipline
- “Self – discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” – Thomas Huxley
- “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
- “One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don’t feel like doing it.” – Unknown (but often attributed to Zig Ziglar)
- “Self – discipline is the magic quality that transforms ordinary people into extraordinary achievers.” – Brian Tracy
- “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
- “It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- “The first and most important victory is to conquer yourself. To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.” – Plato
- “Self – discipline is the foundation upon which all personal achievements are built.” – Denis Waitley
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain
- “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie
II. Quotes about Discipline in Learning
- “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats (implies that discipline in learning is about kindling the passion for knowledge)
- “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb
- “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
- “In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” – Warren Buffett (suggests that learning from past experiences requires discipline)
- “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
- “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan
- “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
III. Quotes about Discipline in Sports
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon (relevant to the discipline required in sports training)
- “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” – Muhammad Ali
- “It’s not about how bad you want it. It’s about how hard you’re willing to work for it.” – Unknown (but popular in sports motivation)
- “The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt (relevant to the mental discipline in sports)
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” – Larry Bird
IV. Quotes about Discipline in Work and Career
- “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
- “Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.” – Kahlil Gibran
- “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety – nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas A. Edison
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers
- “I am a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
V. Quotes about Discipline in Health and Wellness
- “Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.” – Unknown
- “Health is not valued till sickness comes.” – Thomas Fuller
- “The greatest wealth is health.” – Virgil
- “Exercise is king and nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack LaLanne
- “You are what you eat.” – Anthelme Brillat – Savarin
- “A healthy outside starts from the inside.” – Robert Urich
- “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” – Thomas Dekker
- “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison
- “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir (relevant to the discipline of getting outdoors for health)
- “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi
VI. Quotes about Discipline in Relationships
- “Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” – Peter Ustinov
- “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Eden Ahbez
- “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
- “Communication is the most important skill any human can learn. The way you communicate with others and with yourself ultimately determines the quality of your life.” – Tony Robbins (relevant to the discipline in maintaining relationships)
- “In a relationship, the little things are the big things. It’s not about the million dollar gift or spending the night at a five – star hotel. It’s about the little things that say I love you.” – Unknown
- “True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
- “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
- “A relationship should be a safe haven, a place where two people can be vulnerable without fear of judgment.” – Unknown
- “The key to a successful relationship is not finding the right person, but learning to love the person you found.” – Unknown
VII. Quotes about Discipline in Time Management
- “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn
- “Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “You can’t have a better tomorrow if you’re thinking about yesterday all the time.” – Charles F. Kettering
- “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler
- “Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.'” – Lao Tzu
- “If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.” – Lee Iacocca
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker (relevant to using time effectively through discipline)
- “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” – Theophrastus
- “You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.” – Steve Maraboli (related to not wasting time on things beyond control)
- “Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.” – Faith Baldwin
VIII. Quotes about Discipline in Character Building
- “Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass
- “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” – Plato
- “Your integrity is your greatest asset. Protect it at all costs.” – Unknown
- “A man’s character is his fate.” – Heraclitus
- “Character is simply habit long continued.” – Plutarch
- “The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” – Abigail Van Buren
- “True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature.” – Robert McKee
- “Character is power.” – Booker T. Washington
- “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” – Michael J. Fox
IX. Quotes about Discipline in Financial Matters
- “Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The rich don’t work for money. They have money work for them.” – Robert Kiyosaki
- “It’s not what you earn, it’s what you keep.” – Robert Kiyosaki
- “A penny saved is a penny earned.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it… he who doesn’t… pays it.” – Albert Einstein
- “The more that you know, the less you’ll owe.” – Unknown
- “Live below your means, even if you think you can afford not to.” – Unknown
- “Financial peace isn’t the acquisition of stuff. It’s learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can’t win until you do this.” – Dave Ramsey
- “The first rule of compounding: Never interrupt it unnecessarily.” – Charlie Munger
- “If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.” – Warren Buffett
X. Quotes about Discipline in General Life Philosophy
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates (implies the discipline of self – reflection)
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt (relevant to the discipline of facing fears)
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
- “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein