Self-discipline is when you control your own behavior, while discipline can be imposed from outside, especially from the compulsory school system.
“Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.” ~ Eliud Kipchoge
“Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor.” ~ Robert Kiyosaki
“Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.” ~ Napoleon Hill
"The principles of control and discipline ought to be abandoned in favor of self-control and self-discipline.” ~ Václav Havel [The Power of the Powerless]
“I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.” ~ Fred Rogers
“Self-discipline is what separates the winners and the losers.” ~ Thomas Peterffy
“The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.” ~ Bum Phillips
“I think self-discipline is something, it’s like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.” ~ Daniel Goldstein
“I’ve developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.” ~ George Hamilton
“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“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
“Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It requires you to connect today’s actions to tomorrow’s results. There’s a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.” ~ Gary Ryan Blair
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” ~ Jesse Owens
