13 Quotes To Inspire Self-Control And Discipline

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. Every time we get distracted, we miss the chance to take our goals a step further.

Self-control and self-discipline is the key to unlocking the results we desire. Lack of self-control will compromise our judgment, common sense and confidence.

Here are 13 quotes to inspire self-control and self-discipline.

1. The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you don’t, life controls you. -- Anthony Robbins

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

3. We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we can accomplish what they can’t. – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

4. Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can’t control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.-- Jan McKingley Hilado

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

6. It doesn’t matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.— Harvey Mackay

7. You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.– Marcus Aurelius

8. The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing.— Michael E. Gerber

9. Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock. -- Gandhi

10. Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. – Alexander Graham Bell

11. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. -- Anonymous

12. In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. -- Harry S. Truman

13. Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.– John C. Maxwell