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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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Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. – Jim Rohn

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It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. – Buddha

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Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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