Forge Iron Discipline Quotes
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.
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“Never act in haste or hurry. Be deliberate.”
“The ultimate discipline is being still.”
“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
“With self-discipline most anything is possible.”
“There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.”
“The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.”
“Discipline is the bridge between dreams and reality”
“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”
“Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.”
“Discipline is the tough love we give ourselves before the world gives it to us.”
“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”
“Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.”
“Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.”
“Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses.”
“Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.”
“Anyone who has ever made anything of importance was disciplined.”
“Confidence comes from discipline and training.”
“The price tag of leadership is self-discipline.”
“Every act of self-discipline strengthens all your other disciplines.”
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”
“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”
“Don’t count on motivation. Count on discipline.”
“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.”
“Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.”
“You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined.”
“Amateurs hope, professionals work.”
“Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we must do what is required.”
“You learn you can do your best even when it’s hard, even when you’re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.”
“Nothing is easy to the unwilling.”
“Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don’t want to do it.”
“One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don’t feel like doing it.”
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, whether you like it or not.”
“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
“Saying ‘I’ll try’ really means I’m not really committed.”
“The time you least feel like doing something is the best time to do it.”
“The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep?”
“Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.”
“Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.”
“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
“Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on discipline.”
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”
“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”
“Never get bored with the basics.”
“Habit is stronger than reason.”
“Men’s natures are alike. It’s their habits that separate them.”
“Few ever lived to old age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.”
“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”
“Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.”
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.”
