Paul Harvey Quotes

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

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

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

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

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

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

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.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Democracy substitutes self-restraint for external restraint. It is more difficult to maintain than to achieve.

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

He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself.

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

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

Thanks to my upbringing, I lead a disciplined life, which is very important.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

The disciplined are free.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

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.