30 inspirational quotes on self discipline – Strengthen your willpower

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We’ve compiled a list of 30 inspirational quotes on the importance of living a self-disciplined lifestyle.

Being disciplined is a trait that you’ll find in every successful person no matter the field is. If you plan on living a successful life spiritually, financially and in your relationships – make sure you harness this power.

1. “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.” – Jim Rohn

2. “Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln

3. “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” – Hebrews 12:11

4. “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” – Jerzy Gregorek

5. “Do not consider painful what is good for you.” – Euripides

6. “Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline.  They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.” – Matthew Kelly

7. “Discipline is when we postpone the pleasure of today for the benefit of tomorrow.” – Dr Sunday Adelaja

8. “Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE.” – Darren Hardy

9. “There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every day.” – David Goggins

10. “Don’t let your body or mind do exactly what it wants to do! Take control!” – David Goggins

11. “Don’t be the person that looks at the weather report the night before to decide what you are going to do the next day.” – David Goggins

12. “If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you. But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.” – Zig Ziglar

13. “You will never be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.” – Dr. James G. Bikey

14. “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.” – Jocko Willink

15. “Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” – Clint Eastwood

16. “Discipline really means our ability to get ourselves to do things when we don’t want to.” – Arden Mahlberg

17. “Discipline, doing what you hate to do but do it like you love it.” – Mike Tyson

18. “The future depends on what we do in the present.” – Mahatma Ghandi

19. “Success doesn’t just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.” – John C. Maxwell

20. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn

21. “I think self-discipline is something, it’s like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.” – Daniel Goldstein

22. “The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success.” – Maxwell Maltz

23. “The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him—and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.” – J. Paul Getty

24. “Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.” – Napoleon Hill

25. “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.” – Lao Tzu

26. “Self-discipline is the No.1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class, and the poor.” – Robert Kiyosaki

27. “Success is actually a short race – a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.” – Gary Keller

28. “We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”  –
Aristotle

29. “Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.”  – John C. Maxwell

30. “Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.” – Proverbs 13:18