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"Practice yourself for heaven's sake in little things and thence proceed to greater."
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"You must stop been so carnal and learn to say no to people, if it concerns the things of God."
"Working hard denies oneself from instant gratification."
"Success is in direct proportion to the level of consistency in the application of the daily disciplines and actions required."
"Discipline is when we postpone the pleasure of today for the benefit of tomorrow."
"Only through delayed gratification could you be able to come up with other virtues, character, trait that will really qualify you to call yourself a human being."
"I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold."
"Working to perfect our gift and overcoming the pain of self-discipline, we achieve our goals and move on to our dreams."
"If you are faithful in little things, then you will be given a bigger commitment."
"You must work for grace and favor to work for you."
"When you feel a weak moment coming on, the key is self-control."
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"What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yourself. For vice has nothing in common with virtue, nor Freedom with slavery."
"You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.' For the man who has once stooped to consider such questions, and to reckon up the value of external things, is not far from forgetting what manner of man he is."
"You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself."
"Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower."
"If you wish to live a life free from sorrow think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened."
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"Philosophy does not claim to secure for us anything outside our control. Otherwise it would be taking on matters that do not concern it. For as wood is the material of the carpenter, and marble that of the sculptor, so the subject matter of the art of life is the life of the self."
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