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“Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.”

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

Source: Insecurity of Freedom

“Leaders are not born, they're made.”

“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.”

Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence

“Talent is the discipline, commitment, and willpower to practice/train/study often, long, and hard. Discover your passion and pay the price.”

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Author:Bradford Winters

“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

“With self-discipline most anything is possible.”

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Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.”

Mind Habit Discipline Activity Desirable Willpower Compulsion Undesirable Habits Of Mind

Book:On Education

Source: On Education

“You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”

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Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”

“Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.”

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Author:Anil Ambani

“This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom.”

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Author:John Viney

“Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”