Marshall Goldsmith Quotes

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

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.

The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.

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

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

I've always been pretty disciplined.

The secret is not in what you do to yourself but rather in what you don't do.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

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

I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human.

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.

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

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

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

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

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.