18 Self Discipline Quotes to Help You Take Charge of Your Mind

Self-discipline is the magic potion that helps you transform your goals into accomplishments. It doesn't matter how motivated and prepared you are when you start your journey, at some point life happens and the boat starts rocking. However, with discipline and a healthy dose of commitment you can gain the power to stay the course. Here are some discipline quotes to help you take charge of your mind so that you can get to where you want to go.

Discipline Quotes:

“Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.”
— Heraclitus

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.”
— Abraham Lincoln

“It is better to conquer self than to win a thousand battles.”
— Buddha

“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
— Dalai Lama

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"I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse."
— Florence Nightingale

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
— Horace

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
— Jim Rohn

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."
— Julie Andrews

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

“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.”
— Mortimer J. Adler

“You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.”
— Paulo Coelho

“What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.”
— Aristotle

"Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could of ever planned for. "
— Robin Sharma

“Self-discipline starts with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do.”
— Napoleon Hill

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
— Seneca

"Discipline teaches us the most important virtue of respect. It teaches you to respect your own decision."
— Hansaji Yogendra

"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through."
— Zig Ziglar

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
— Lao Tzu

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