George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

Self-control is only courage under another form.

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.

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

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.

The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

Self-control is true power.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

If you want to do something that requires willpower - like going for a run after work - you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don't want to do. Once this becomes a habit, discipline becomes the choice of achieving what I really want by doing the very things I now want to do! I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy--but only after we have worked hard to practice it.

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

The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.

Self-control is the only possible road to character development

Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.

Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control!

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.