175+ Discipline Quotes For Maximum Motivation

This collection of the best quotes about discipline will inspire you to stay on track and achieve your goals.

Why is discipline important?

Discipline is important because it allows people to stay on track and achieve their goals. Without discipline, it can be difficult to stay motivated and focused on what is important.

We’ve put together a list of some of the best discipline quotes to help you persevere through tough times and achieve success.

Best Discipline Quotes

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do.

– Napoleon Hill 


Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.

– Robin Sharma


Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

– Roy L. Smith


It Is One Thing to Praise Discipline, And Another to Submit It.


If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

– Russell Banks


The Cost of Discipline Is Always Less Than the Cost of Lack of Discipline.


Discipline Is Wisdom And Vice Versa.


A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

– Dalai Lama


Discipline Is Creating the Situation.

Discipline Is Creating the Situation.


Children Cannot Develop A Sense of Inner Discipline If All of The Control Comes from The Outside.


The Distance Between Dreams and Reality Is Called Discipline.


Discipline isn’t about showing a dog who’s boss; it’s about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

– Cesar Millan


If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.

– Critias Of Athens


With Self-Discipline Most Anything Is Possible.

With Self-Discipline Most Anything Is Possible.


Discipline Not Desire Determines Your Destiny.

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Whoever submits himself to a super-discipline can expect great triumphs.

– Samael Aun Weor

Whoever submits himself to a super-discipline can expect great triumphs. - Samael Aun Weor


If We Do Not Discipline Ourselves, The World Will Do It for Us.


Discipline not just determines success but determines how long you can stay successful.

– C Muthu Palaniappan

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Quotes About Discipline

Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.

– Marie Chapian


Discipline Weighs Ounces, Regret Weighs Tons.


Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

– Abraham Joshua Heschel


Discipline and Concentration Is Matter of Being Interested.

Discipline and Concentration Is Matter of Being Interested.


Not one life reaches its potential until it is determined, dedicated, and disciplined.

– Shaneen Clarke


Men need discipline! Countries need discipline! World needs discipline! He who wants to be successful needs discipline! Be a man of discipline!

– Mehmet Murat ildan


Motivation May Get You Started But It Takes Discipline To Keep You Going.

Motivation May Get You Started But It Takes Discipline To Keep You Going.


Self-Discipline Is the Magic Power That Makes You Virtually Unstoppable-Dan Kennedy


Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.

– Dawson Earle Trotman


Success in Business Requires Training, Discipline and Handwork.


Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back.

– W. K. Hope


Self discipline is the mother of success.

– Topsy Gift

Self discipline is the mother of success. - Topsy Gift


The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.

– Matthew Kelly


No matter how sweet is smells, if you know it will give you discomfort later, don’t even attempt to taste it. Discipline yourself to stay out of sin!

– Israelmore Ayivor


Excellence Is A Journey. Discipline Is the Vehicle.


Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

– Jim Rohn

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. - Jim Rohn


Discipline Sayings

Have your dream…What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

– Haruki Murakami


To become the most successful person, focus on one thing and keep working on that one thing throughout your life.

– Anuj Jasani


The More Disciplined You Become, The Easier Life Gets.

The More Disciplined You Become, The Easier Life Gets.


Discipline Yourself and Others Won’t Need To.

Discipline Yourself and Others Won’t Need To.


When Grandparents Enter the Door, Discipline Flies Out the Window.


The real liberation dwells in the discipline.

– Neeraj Agnihotri

The real liberation dwells in the discipline. - Neeraj Agnihotri


Self-Command Is the Main Discipline.


It’s not about the obstacles but your discipline to stay focused on your goal till you win.

– Chidiebere Orji Agbugba


‎If there is no discipline, there is anarchy. Good citizenship demands attention to responsibilities as well as rights.

– Joe Clark


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

– Henry Ward Beecher


Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other on the contrary, they breed and reinforce each other.

– Haim G. Ginott


Regret Was from A Lack of Discipline.


The foundation of a strong self comes from small acts of daily discipline.

– Ophelia Filek


Striving to be good is the ultimate struggle of every man. Being bad is easy, but being good requires sincere commitment, discipline and strength. We have to work hard every day just to remain good.

– Suzy Kassem


It’s been said that there are only two pains in life, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret, and that discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

– Anthony Robbins


Freedom is not attained through the satisfaction of desires, but through the suppression of desires.

– Epictetus


Thoughts about Discipline

Don’t let the things of the world distract you. Focus on your purpose.

– Sunday Adelaja


Discipline Is Your Friend Not Your Enemy.

Discipline Is Your Friend Not Your Enemy.


Self-Respect Is the Fruit of Discipline.


Without A Passion for Discipline, The Most Beautiful of Dreams Have Zero Value.


If You Want to Reach Your Goals and Dreams, You Cannot Do It Without Discipline.

If You Want to Reach Your Goals and Dreams, You Cannot Do It Without Discipline.


By Constant Discipline, You Can Develop Greatness of Character.


Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.

– Robert Fripp


Discipline Doesn’t Break A Child’s Spirit Half as Often as The Lack of It Breaks A Parent’s Heart.


If measured and weighed properly, the pain, loss, tragedy, sorrow, regret and agony behind worldly pleasure are far more than the enjoyment in it.

– Bamigboye Olurotimi


With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.

– Amit Kalantri


Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing.

– Frank Burns


It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.

– Robert Greene


The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.

– John C. Maxwell


Never give up. Believe behave and you will become.

– Jennifer Pierre

Never give up. Believe behave and you will become. - Jennifer Pierre

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True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary.

– Charles Eisenstein


Success Is Nothing More Than A Few Simple Disciplines, Practiced Every Day.


Self Discipline Quotes

The Whole Point Is to Discipline the Mind.

The Whole Point Is to Discipline the Mind.


Anyone Who Has Ever Made Anything of Importance Was Disciplined.


A person either disciplines his finances or his finances disciplines him.

– Orrin Woodward


The most powerful control we can ever attain, is to be in control of ourselves.

– Chris Page


He Who Lives Without Discipline Dies Without Honor.


Discipline Is the Refining Fire by Which Talent Becomes Ability.


Discipline Is the Soul of An Army. It Makes Success to The Weak and Esteem to All.


Lack of Discipline Leads to Self-Loathing and Frustration.


Through Discipline Comes Freedom.

Through Discipline Comes Freedom.


Discipline is the thing that makes you do what you might not want to, but you do it anyway because it’s what you have to do in order to get what you want or desire.

– Kyle Vidrine


Discipline Is the Foundation of a Successful and A Happy Life.


A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

– Jacqueline Bisset


Discipline and commitment is a pathway to reach goals and dreams.

– Dr. Anil Kr Sinha


Discipline Is Doing What You Know Needs to Be Done Even If You Don’t Want to Do It.


Discipline Turns Ability into Achievement.

Discipline Turns Ability into Achievement.


Discipline Is the Bridge Between Your Fitness Goals and Fitness Success.


That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

Henry David Thoreau


Discipline Quotations

With Discipline, Belief, And the Right Knowledge, We Become the Best We Can Be.


Discipline is not about the rules, it is about respect. Its respect for those around you, the things you own and for yourself. Discipline is part of being a steward.

– Janna Cachola


Discipline the One Thing Necessary to Achieve Any Goal Worth Having.


Excessive Strictness and Blind Discipline Are Bad Teachers for Kids.


Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!

– Zig Ziglar


Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

– Thucydides


Discipline When You Accept A Challenge See It Through.


Do not let the temporal pain of discipline you need to acquire knowledge stop you from acquiring it.

– Sunday Adelaja


Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals.

– Nathaniel Branden


With Self-Discipline Most Anything Is Possible- Theodore Roosevelt


Discipline Is the Key to Success.


Without Handwork and Discipline, It Is Difficult to Be A Top Professional.


Without Discipline, There’s No Life at All.

Without Discipline, There’s No Life at All.


True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.

– Mortimer J. Adler


The discipline is the key to the success of your life purpose; without that, you reach no anywhere.

– Ehsan Sehgal


Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

– Julie Andrews


Words about Discipline and Self Control

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

– Jim Rohn

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. - Jim Rohn


Discipline: Just Choosing Between What You Want Now and What You Want Most.


Discipline Your Children Now So Prison Guards Won’t Have to Do It Later.


Always Remember to take your Vitamins: Take your Vitamin A for ACTION, Vitamin B for Belief, Vitamin C for Confidence ,Vitamin D for Discipline, Vitamin E for Enthusiasm!!

– Pablo


When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart

– Gordon B. Hinckley


Talent Without Discipline Is Just Wasted Opportunity.

Talent Without Discipline Is Just Wasted Opportunity.


We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

– Steven Pressfield


Rule Your Mind with Discipline or The Mind Will Rule You.


Discipline Is the Difference Between Good and Great.

Discipline Is the Difference Between Good and Great.


Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.

– Stephen King


Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.

– Augusta F. Kantra


By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character.

– Grenville Kleiser


Suffers the Pain of Discipline or Suffer the Pain of Regret.


Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn.

– Sai Baba


Discipline is a habit in a fluid state. Fluidity allows the habit to adjust to changing circumstances.

– Sukant Ratnakar


Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

– Bertrand Russell


Success Is Measured by Your Discipline and Inner Peace.


Discipline of Others Isn’t Punishment. You Discipline to Help, To Improve, To Correct, To Prevent, Not to Punish, Humiliate, Or Retaliate.


Dreams Get You Started …Discipline Keeps You Going.


Lack of Discipline Leads to Frustration and Self-Loathing.


Final Words About Discipline and Success

Winners embrace hard work.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines

Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind.

The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.

Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire.

Discipline is the unique step of intelligent thought and activity that puts a lid on temper, encourages success and deters failure, enhances health and curbs sickness.

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