Category: Discipline

Regrets and Buckets

Discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs tons.

— Unknown —

  This quote reminds me of the movie “The Bucket List.” Do you have a “bucket list?” Many years ago I made up my mind I wanted to have no regrets when I went to my grave.  I’ve never had a very lengthy bucket list because once I decide there is something I want to…

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YES CARD

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.

— Stephen Covey —

  What is it you need to say YES to? What is it you need to say NO to? Make a YES and NO card and hang it on your mirror or somewhere you will see it often. Make a YES and NO card and carry it with you everywhere you go. Change does not…

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Superior “Self”

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

— Hindu Proverb —

  How do we become superior to our previous self? It is pretty simple and is at the foundation of my life coaching formula; know your priorities, know your principles and try your best to live them without wavering a day at a time.  Having your priorities and principles in order and in agreement will…

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Virtue

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

— Malcolm Forbes —

  How is your virtue looking these days? Taking action is pretty simple.  It takes one step and this step is spelled S T A R T and, of course, the next step is spelled C O N T I N U E. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com James 2:14, “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims…

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Know When to say ‘No’

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.

— Stephen Covey —

  Having clarity about your God-Purpose with priorities properly laid out allows you to spend more time creating ‘best’ instead of ‘good’ in your life. Do you have a God-Purpose? Do you know what your priorities are? Do you know what your guiding principles are? Do you know what you are really passionate about? Do…

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Focus-Dedicated-Disciplined

No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick D.D —

  How focused, dedicated and disciplined are you?  As these three attributes grow, so grows your ability to not only achieve your God-Purpose but to expand it. There are four types of people in the world: 1. Those who make things happen. 2. Those who watch things happen. 3. Those who ask, “What the heck…

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Who’s Who of Self Discipline Quotes

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

— Buddha —

  “What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”  ~Aristotle  “The first and the best victory is to conquer self.”  ~Plato  “The best way to conquer self is to die to self and let the Holy Spirit be alive and live through you one day at a…

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Victory Over Self

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves. Self-discipline with all of them came first.

— Harry S. Truman —

  You may have the greatest intentions in the world with an unbelievable passion to achieve your God-Purpose, but if you can’t overcome desires that take you off course you will fall with millions of others into the pit of “diminishing intent.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Titus 2:11-12, “For the grace of God that brings salvation has…

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2 Pains

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

— Jim Rohn —

  Which pain are you feeling? If it is regret, it is never too late to get started. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Hebrews 12:11, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.  Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

Action – Meaning

Never confuse movement with action.

— Ernest Hemingway —

  Reflect on this one.  Do you spend most of your day in movement or in action? Action has a purpose behind it and is moving you in the direction of your goals. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 14:23 (NIV)  “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”