“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.”
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Jim Rohn
3 quotes“We all must suffer from one of two pains, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
Epictetus
2 quotes“Practice yourself for heaven's sake in little things and thence proceed to greater.”
Muhammad Ali
2 quotes“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”
Cervantes
2 quotes“It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
1 quote“There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.”
Cervantes
1 quote“It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.”
Zig Ziglar
1 quote“When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to...”
Elizabeth George
1 quote“Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you’ve set and followed your priorities.”
Erica Jong
1 quote“Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.”
Buddha
1 quote“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”
George Santayana
1 quote“Habit is stronger than reason.”
Julia Child
1 quote“You must have discipline to have fun.”