Bum Phillips Quotes

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

It's very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.

Discipline is doing within, while you do without.

The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

I don't have a lot of discipline.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.

I commit to the controllables. That's one of the things I live by.

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

Oh, I have very limited will power. I wish I could change that. I am working on it, though. I am too easygoing.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.

To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way.

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

Self-control is the only possible road to character development

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.

Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.