Marianne Williamson Quotes

Gollum has a weak personality and isn't able to cope with the power of the ring.

I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse.

I just need to do Pac's work. I just need to. Maybe because I'm a recovering addict, I'm obsessed like that.

I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it works, there is nothing like it.

If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to return again and again to my work.

I'm very disciplined, but the one thing that I have addictive behavior about is the Internet.

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

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.

Though it is folly to suppose that happiness is a matter of volition, and that we can make ourselves content and cheerful whenever we choose - a theory that many poor hypochondriacs are taunted with till they are nigh driven mad - yet, on the other hand, no sane mind is ever left without the power of self-discipline and self-control in a measure, which measure increases in proportion as it is exercised.

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

Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.

Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.

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.

Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

Self-command is the main elegance.

Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

There has to be some self-denial.

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

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.

I believe that obstinacy, or the dread of control and discipline, arises not so much from self-willedness as from a conscious defect of voluntary power; as foolhardiness is not seldom the disguise of conscious timidity.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.