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Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows

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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And so, Reader, (for it is time to have done with guessing) would I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse self-will, unaided by which the other three would be comparatively powerless. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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

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Discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs tons. – Author Unknown

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Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia

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