“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”
\n — Alfred Lord Tennyson<\/p>\n
“I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don’t want to do. Once this becomes a habit, discipline becomes the choice of achieving what I really want by doing the very things I now want to do! I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy – but only after we have worked hard to practice it.”
\n — John Maxwell<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.\u201d
\n — James A. Ray<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.\u201d
\n — General H. Norman Schwarzkopf<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most important quality in the development of human character is, and always has been, self-discipline.\u201d
\n — Brian Tracy<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re not willing to accept your own discipline, you\u2019re not going to accomplish 2% of what you could \u2014 and you\u2019re going to miss out on 98% of the good things you could have.\u201d
\n — Tom Hopkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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