After self-love the second best gift you could ever give yourself is self-discipline.
Nothing is so much coveted by a young man as the reputation of being a genius; and many seem to feel that the want of patience for laborious application and deep research is such a mark of genius as c...
Safe in the sovereignty of the Godhead, we can count on the fact that WE, rather than just our friends, enemies, or circumstances, will be transformed.
I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger.
[T]he road to character is built by confronting your own weakness.
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end.
Her genius derives from the fact that she was capable of the deepest feeling but also of the most discerning and disciplined thought.
Just because some children were more effective than others at distracting themselves from [the marshmallow in the famous Marshmallow Test] doesn't mean this capacity was for the impressive results fo...
Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.
Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yourself from your own internal peace and harmony which is itself a function of your peace and harmony wi...
Mary never made it to the board meeting. Cunning Elizabeth simply arranged for her cousin's tennis instructor to delay her for an hour or two. The man was evidently a superb athlete, though it was ent...
A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow.
Overcoming the pain of self-discipline, we achieve our goals and move towards our dreams
To know my soul is my greatest knowledge.
I command, or I keep quiet. Napoleon
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-disci...