Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.

Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.

Self-control is true power.

It's not easy not to play.

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

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

The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.

By forbearing to do what may innocently be done, we may add hourly new vigor to resolution.

He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things.

Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

Self-control is the only possible road to character development

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

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

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.

Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.

Self-control is only courage under another form.

I’m not looking for self-control.

A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will and to establish over himself a jealous guardianship.

You must learn to discipline your disappointment.