Even when you’re 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.
Edmund HillaryModeration is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Henry KissingerI always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.
Sunil ChhetriWell, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.
Bill GatesAlas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
Albert CamusI think you can judge from somebody’s actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there’s a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.
George W. BushWhen you get angry, your options narrow.
Robert GreeneI don’t look at my old work. I mean, they made nice books; the books were made without me, the one from last year and the one from this year. I – personally, I’m not interested in my own past. I’m only interested in today – perhaps tomorrow.
Karl LagerfeldI am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Winston ChurchillThe power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
Winston ChurchillI always make my dreams into goals.
DJ KhaledGive a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.
George Bernard ShawTruth is what works.
William JamesWhat you don’t do can be a destructive force.
Eleanor RooseveltA man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel JohnsonSilence is safer than speech.
EpictetusNothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
George WashingtonLive your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.
Florence NightingaleIt is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
EpictetusWe need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
Barack ObamaI don’t think I get angry.
Billy GrahamIn framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
Alexander HamiltonPeople intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.
Aldous HuxleyEither you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
F. Scott FitzgeraldI believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.
Joel OsteenBeing a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
Katharine HepburnI never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
Wayne DyerWhen a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Mark TwainI just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.
Lando NorrisMy whole thing now is I know how to think properly to be successful in all aspects of my life. It’s not about ultra running or being a SEAL or pull-up records: it’s about if you want to be better you, have to change your perceived limitations and take the barriers down.
David GogginsThe wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.
Russell M. NelsonOnly you can control your future.
Dr. SeussCould the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
William JamesMy goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.
Dwayne JohnsonEver since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.
Jocko WillinkI wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.
Conor McGregorDid you know there’s a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy – running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything – is the same as wasting your time? It’s frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!
Joyce MeyerPower is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.
Robert GreeneI follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
Lou HoltzI entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline.
Pope FrancisChange is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.
Joyce MeyerTalent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Bruce LeeIt is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Immanuel KantOur lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.
Wayne DyerYou cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
Wayne DyerEgo is only fine when it is working for your motivation.
Sunil ChhetriAnd obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.
Richard BransonThere is moderation even in excess.
Benjamin DisraeliFor every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Jim RohnAll the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.
Napoleon HillChoosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.
Joel OsteenEducation comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Napoleon HillThe ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic.
Bill GatesYou will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
BuddhaEngineering didn’t take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Pershing Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked.
Colin PowellLeadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
John F. KennedyIf I’d had good discipline, I might have gone into music.
Clint EastwoodThe way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Abraham LincolnThe question is not, ‚Do you have a problem?‘ The question is, ‚Does the problem have you?‘
Joel Osteen