William Feather Quotes

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Freedom is good when the person can use it appropriately. Otherwise it is a disaster.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

The disciplined are free.

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

When I was young, I wasn't disciplined at all.

Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.

I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.

A well-governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

If you are willing to discipline yourself, the physical universe won't need to discipline you.

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

Without discipline, there can be no freedom.

The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do, I understood, is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.