Each day you must
Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Eric Mangini
Discipline And Self Control
Freedom is not procured
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus
Self-control means wanting to
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence. Franz Kafka
Though it is folly
Though it is folly to suppose that happiness is a matter of volition, and that we can make ourselves content and cheerful whenever we choose – a theory that many poor hypochondriacs are taunted with till they are nigh driven mad – yet, on the other hand, no sane mind is ever left without the … Read more
There is no allurement
There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object. Charlotte Dacre
The only discipline that
The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline. Bum Phillips
If passion drives you,
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. Benjamin Franklin
I bid you conquer
I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse self-will, unaided by which the other three would be comparatively powerless. Augustus William Hare
We like slipping, but
We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough. Augustus William Hare
Who is fit to
Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody. Augustus William Hare