Serving one’s own passions
is the greatest slavery.
Thomas Fuller
There is little
that can withstand
a man who can
conquer himself.
Louis XIV
Louis the Great, king of France)
Self discipline is
that which,
next to virtue,
truly and essentially
raises one man
above another.
Joseph Addison
writer and poet)
If you once
turn on your side
after the hour
at which you ought to rise,
it is all over.
Bolt up at once.
Sir Walter Scott
playwright and poet)
Circumstances are
beyond human control,
but our conduct
is in our own power.
Benjamin Disraeli
Most people would
sooner die than think;
in fact, they do so.
Bertrand Russell
mathematician and historian)
To read a newspaper
is to refrain
from reading something worthwhile.
The first discipline of education
must therefore be
to refuse resolutely
to feed the mind
with canned chatter.
Aleister Crowley
poet and mountaineer)
With faith, discipline
and selfless devotion to duty,
there is nothing worthwhile
that you cannot achieve.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
and the founder of Pakistan)
The secret of discipline
is motivation.
When a man
is sufficiently motivated,
discipline will take care
of itself.
Sir Alexander Paterson
and Commissioner of Prisons)
A person always breaking off from worknever finishes anything.
Nigerian proverb
