The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
-Norman Vincent Peale
Quotations
Self - control
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
-Pietro Aretino
Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
-Robert Orben
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
-Mick Jagger
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Nothing and no one can control you without your approval first.
-Anonymous
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"
Discipline is remembering what you want.
-David Campbell
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
