Brian Tracy Quotes

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

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.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

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

It was always important to me to be confident and strong with myself. It didn't happen overnight, but I've learned that the only way you can start to control things is if you feel a certain way about yourself.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

Boxing's a bit like the Army, nine out of 10 people come out as pretty nice people. It taught me self-worth, to respect my elders and what the right thing was to do. As a result, I don't think I even got a single detention at school. It helped me to be good.

The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

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

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.

I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom.

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.

I never had confidence - never. The hardest thing to know is your own worth, and it took me years and years to find out what mine is.

The only place you can really find the confidence and the love for yourself is within you, so that has to be what carries you: not all of these external things.