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Motivation shows up when it feels like it.  Discipline shows up every day.  The man who conquers himself does the work no matter how he feels, and that is the whole game.  This Mindset path holds history's hardest quotes on self-discipline.  Scroll through and put them to work.
The first and best victory is to conquer self.
Plato
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A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
the Bible (Proverbs 25:28)
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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He is most powerful who has power over himself.
Seneca
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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Seneca
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Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Unknown
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
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The greatest victory is the victory over oneself.
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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Rule your desires lest your desires rule you.
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Self-command is the main discipline.
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Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
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In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves.
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The best way to improve your self-control is to see how and why you lose control.
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A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.
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The cravings don’t get weaker; you just get stronger.
Unknown
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To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
Buddha
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To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
Plato
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Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.
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Discipline equals freedom.
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The freedom to be your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Discipline brings excellence. Excellence means freedom.
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Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
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True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
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Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
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We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we can do what they can’t.
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The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term leads to long-term success.
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Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
Unknown
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If you want to be the best, you have to do things other people aren’t willing to do.
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The antidote to impulsiveness is forethought.
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
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If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.
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He who lives without discipline, dies without honor.
Unknown
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No strength within. No respect without.
Unknown
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Will is character in action.
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Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.
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There is no great talent without great will power.
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Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it… and doing it.
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No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.
Unknown
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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