Edmund H. North Quotes

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

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, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

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.

Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with; bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with. The habits you have and the habits that have you will determine almost everything you achieve or fail to achieve.

Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.

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

Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

The person who properly disciplines himself to do those things that he does not especially care to do, becomes successful.

Habit is the daily battleground of character

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.