Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
All religions teach one basic discipline - the removal from the mind of the blemish of egoism, of running after little joys.
Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?
It's so easy to be undisciplined. And to be disciplined is so against my character, my general nature anyway, that I have to strain a little bit to keep on the right track.
I'm going to try to stay buff as long as I can, but it takes a lot of discipline and staying away from your favorite junk food!.
Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.
For an interest to be rewarding, one must pay in discipline and dedication, especially though the difficult or boring stages which are inevitably encountered.
An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.
When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.
The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.
I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.
Zen purposes to discipline the mind itself, to make it its own master, through an insight into its proper nature. This getting into the real nature of one's own mind or soul is the fundamental object of Zen Buddhism. Zen, therefore, is more than meditation and Dhyana in its ordinary sense. The discipline of Zen consists in opening the mental eye in order to look into the very reason of existence.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
To know how to dispense with things is to possess them.
Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
I think the guys who are really controlling their emotions ... are going to win.
I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do
Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.
I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.
I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusion of almost everything else.
It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.
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