Nadia Boulanger Quotes

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

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.

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

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

Self-control is true power.

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

Self-control is only courage under another form.

The disciplined are free.

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

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

I hate exercising self-control.

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

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

A well-governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.

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

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.