Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.
Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.
The true measure of leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.
Wanting to win isn’t enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.
Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn’t expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it.
No one rises to low expectations.
Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all human diseases. Fear kills dreams and hope.
You don’t get what you want in life. You get who you are.
Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.
You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
Play the picture in your mind – focus on the end result.
The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.
If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.