Jesse Itzler Quotes

SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.

If you want to do something that requires willpower - like going for a run after work - you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.

I was very disciplined growing up. If I didn't want to run hills, I ran hills; if I didn't want to jog around the block, I jogged around the block.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

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

I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

I think willpower is very valuable.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.

Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses

No matter the situation, I stay focused and motivated on my goals because that's the way I was raised.

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.