Nikola Tesla Quotes

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.

The only discipline that lasts is self-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.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

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

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

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

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.

You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.

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

Discipline is doing within, while you do without.

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

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

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

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.