“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”

“Winners embrace hard work…Losers see it as punishment. That is the difference.”

“Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.”

“A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”

“I must take care above all that I cultivate communion with Christ, for though that can never be the basis of my peace – mark that – yet it will be the channel of it.”

“Discipline yourself and others won’t need to.”

“The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature. Thus they become, as in the ancient fable, the harnessed steeds which bear the chariot of the sun.”

“The first and best victory is to conquer yourself. To be conquered by self is of all things the most shameful.”

“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”

“The one quality which sets one man apart from another – the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the mire of mediocrity, is not talent, nor formal education, nor intellectual brightness – is self-discipline.”

“Why then be perverse, my soul, and why follow your own flesh? Will you not rather turn and let your flesh follow you?”