Joshua L. Liebman Quotes

Delayed gratification is a sweet lesson whose teacher knows the best is not right now, it is yet to be.

Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.

In 1967, I signed up for the Army, where I earned an equivalency diploma, then went on to join the Special Forces. That was really was the turning point in my life. I became more disciplined and focused. I went overseas and was in combat, got wounded a couple of times, lost a lot of good friends but matured a great deal.

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

I had no plans to become a responsible person.

I've gotten tougher.

Men, not children or servants, tempered and taught to the end; Cleansed of servile panic, slow to dread or despise, Humble because of knowledge, mighty by sacrifice.

You must be willing to do things today others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have

The only person who can really motivate you is you.

The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It's not easy. But absolutely worth it.

It is not size or age that separates children from adults. It is responsibility.

I learned a lot about humility and patience, keeping my mouth shut.

It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate what you think you want now for what you want later.

The success you are enjoying today is the result of the price you have paid in the past.

Self-responsibility is the core quality of the fully mature, fully functioning, self-actualizing individual.

Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself

Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection.

If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted.

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.

I always have a goal, even if I keep it to myself. It allows me to keep pushing myself.

I haven't given up drinking, just drinking a little less and going to the gym. I think when you get into your thirties you have to start. I'm not 18 anymore so you can't just be partying every day, you've got to have some kind of balance, so I try and go to the gym now once a year, that keeps me going!

I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn't take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That's a pretty interesting job. It's harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.

Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting for status. Man can sharpen his ability to distinguish between matters of principle and matters of preference, but only if we have a wise interplay between time and truth, between minutes and morality.

Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards.