Discipline.
Discipline is the cornerstone of personal and professional success. It is the ability to control one's impulses, emotions, and behaviours in the pursuit of long-term goals.
Through discipline, we cultivate resilience, foster our work ethic, and refine our focus, enabling us to overcome obstacles and stay true to our commitments. The following curated quotes from thought leaders and visionaries exemplify the profound impact discipline can have on our lives. Each quote offers insight into its importance, illustrating how discipline shapes not only individual journeys but also the fabric of society as a whole. Explore these reflections and allow them to inspire your own path towards mastering self-discipline.
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You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.
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Sun Tzu
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
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Mencius
To accomplish anything whatsoever one must have standards. None have yet accomplished anything without them.
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Mo Zi
Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.
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Miyamoto Musashi
All Quotes on Discipline
When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.
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Sun Tzu
You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.
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Sun Tzu
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
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Sun Tzu
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.
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Sun Tzu
If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner
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Sun Tzu
In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win.
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Sun Tzu
When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighbouring rulers will take advantage of this.
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Sun Tzu
Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain
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Sun Tzu
Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.
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Sun Tzu
One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
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Sun Tzu
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
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Mencius
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
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Mencius
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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Xunzi
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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Xunzi