August 12, 2021 –
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. —Napoleon Hill, writer
Without discipline, there’s no life at all. —Katharine Hepburn, actor
If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own. —Stephen Covey, management consultant
Get into situations in which failure isn’t an option. —Francis Ford Coppola, film director
Self-discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. —Joseph Addison, politician, and writer
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves … self-discipline, with all of them, came first.—Harry S. Truman, US president 1945-1953
I could never have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. —Charles Dickens
Anyone who has achieved excellence will attest that they picked their passion and pursued it. Honor your desires and talents. —Anonymous