Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
There are two types of pain you will go through in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tonnes.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.
You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.
Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself is, ‘Are all the disciplines that I’m currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?’
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.
Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.
If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.
Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.
A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline.
We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.