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The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a perso

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person. – Norman Vincent Peale

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For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object. – Charlotte Dacre, The Passions, 1811

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Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. – Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, 19

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An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. – Vida D. Scudder

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