“One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority of certain human beings.” HumansStatesCertainHuman BeingsFailingGreatnessBuildingDisciplineOvercomingArmyEmpiresSuperiorityHierarchyEmpire State BuildingEmpire State Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains” SelfProblemClearFocusDisciplineTrainingGainsOvercomingUnexpectedMmaSelf Discipline Author:Georges St-Pierre
“Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient struggle against adverse circumstance, by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but they attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris or London to enter upon.” MenNeedsArtUseArtistCoursesOpportunityEffortStruggleHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesArt IsLaborOvercomingDifficultyExcellencePatientActiveLondonImpressionParisRomePassiveGreat ArtModeratesGreat ArtistManlyAdverseEminenceThrifty Author:George Stillman Hillard
“Building discipline, earning respect and overcoming adversity are all parts of a winning game plan. If you don't have a game plan, where are you going? When I'm talking about a game plan, I'm talking about how you go about being the best player you can be and how you go about being successful in life.” IfsGamesWinningTalkingSuccessfulPlayerPlansBuildingDisciplineOvercomingAdversityBeing The BestBeing SuccessfulEarningOvercoming AdversityBest PlayersGame PlanWinning GamesEarn Respect Author:Walt Frazier
“I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.” SelfHardHard WorkDisciplineOvercomingObstaclesSelf Discipline Author:Samuel Alito
“When I retired from the championships in 2012, I had finished in fourth place in the international division, second place in nationals, and first in our state three years in a row. This journey not only helped me overcome my fears, it taught me discipline and perseverance. The biggest medals were the friendships that I still enjoy today.” YearsFirstsStillsStatesTodayThreeEnjoyJourneyTaughtDisciplineOvercomingPerseveranceInternationalFinishedDivisionThree YearsFourthChampionshipMedalRetiredSecond PlaceEnjoy Today Author:Emily Carpenter
“I can't swim. I can float. But nothing could prepare me for that, to be honest. I mean, cold is cold and this was quite extreme. I actually treasure that experience, because it was challenging enough for me to discover new strength in me. Especially the discipline and the ability to concentrate and focus so much on one thing that I can overcome some obstacles and boundaries.” MeanEnoughChallengesAbilityFocusHonestColdDisciplineOvercomingObstaclesBoundariesBeing HonestSwim Author:Alicja Bachleda-Curus
“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.” FeelingsNaturalPracticeDisciplineOvercomingConcentrationNarcissismArt Of Loving Author:Erich Fromm
“The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. It motivates doing on your own what is right without prodding. It is an inner critic that refuses to tolerate less than your best. Total discipline overcomes adversity and physical stamina draws on an inner strength that says "drive on".” MoralDisciplineAchievementDrawsOvercomingArmyAdversityCriticsSoldierRefuseCoreInner StrengthTolerateOvercoming AdversityStaminaIntertwined Author:William G. Bainbridge
“We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything. For that very reason we ought to discipline ourselves a little; for that very reason we ought to cultivate a little emotion, a little emotional vice, from time to time. It may be hard for us; and among ourselves we may perhaps laugh at the appearance we thus present. But what of that! We no longer have any other mode of self-overcoming available to us: this is our asceticism, our penance.” MayLittlesSelfHardReasonEmotionLaughingWiseEmotionalOughtDisciplineEasierOvercomingForgivingPatientVicesAppearanceAvailableOilSuperiorsSympathyBeing WiseAsceticismPenanceForbearance Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Inflexibility is the worst human failing. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind, there is no antidote. It carries the seeds of its own destruction.” MindHumansFailingWorstDisciplineDestructionOvercomingSeedsChecksCarrieLazinessAntidoteOvercoming FearRigidity Author:Anton Myrer