James C. Collins Quotes

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.

Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it; but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success.

Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit.

Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his talents and intelligence can take him. But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity.

It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates what one feels from what one is capable of doing.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.

Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied.

One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.

When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

Greatness comes with discipline.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Self-discipline is what separates the winners and the losers.

The more you stop giving power to your excuses, the more you'll send power to your dreams.

Discipline is what you use when you don't want to do something, when you have to force yourself.

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.

Here's what you must do. It's pretty simple, really, but I didn't say easy. It's what sets those who succeed apart from those who don't: You must have a sincere and burning desire to achieve what you dream, dedicate yourself to making progress, and take control of your circumstances to change your body.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.