Eknath Easwaran Quotes

I think passion and discipline are wonderful, complementary things.

The commitment. I think that's the key quality of all successful people. You just have to keep at it. People who enjoy sustained success understand the fact that you have to remain very committed to whatever it is you're doing, especially in this instant-gratification culture.

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

Discipline has been a key factor to my success.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

Passion produces the best discipline.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery.

As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do.

I was not going to be distracted by anything - a fight with my wife, a bump in the car, whatever it may be. I refused to let anything interfere with my workouts.

I always want to play. But it is about making sure you stay ready.

The book Relentless' is an awesome book. It taught me a lot about just staying consistent, being level-headed, being relentless at what you want to do.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

It's amazing how much resilience you can have when you're passionate about a project that you're doing.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

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

I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do, and sticking with it.

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it.

No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed.

The ability to work hard and make sacrifices comes naturally to those who know exactly what they want.