The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
-Norman Vincent Peale
Quotations
Self - control
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
-Jim Rohn
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
-Mick Jagger
Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.
-Jim Rohn
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence"
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'
-Stephen Covey
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
-Jim Rohn
