Self-Discipline Quotes

“Spartans left it all on the battlefield. They had a saying, “Come back with your shield, or upon it.” In other words, either come back with your shield in hand, victorious, or come back with your dead body upon your shield.   Victory”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop Spartan Discipline, Unbreakable Mental Toughness, and Relentless Willpower

“there are two routes to improvement: You can either do more good or do less bad. You can do something better or you can make less mistakes.   For”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop Spartan Discipline, Unbreakable Mental Toughness, and Relentless Willpower

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.”   And”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop Spartan Discipline, Unbreakable Mental Toughness, and Relentless Willpower

“As Jim Rohn said, “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop Spartan Discipline, Unbreakable Mental Toughness, and Relentless Willpower

“Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.” — Marcus Aurelius   Stoicism”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop Spartan Discipline, Unbreakable Mental Toughness, and Relentless Willpower

“And he said all right. Take 30 seconds and do it again. So 30 seconds later I got up on the bar and I did six, struggling. And he said alright, one more time. We waited 30 seconds and I barely got three or four and I was done. I mean couldn’t move my arms done. And he said all right. We’re not leaving here until you do 100 more. And I thought there’s no—well we’re going to be here for quite a long time because there’s no way that I could do 100. But I ended up doing it one at a time and he showed me, proved to me right there that there was so much more, we’re all capable of so much more than we think we are. And it was just a great lesson.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“In the mind of a Navy SEAL, difficulty equals growth.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“the only easy day was yesterday” and “do today what others won’t; do tomorrow what others can’t.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Contrary to conventional wisdom, money is not a very good source of motivation (in fact, offering financial incentives actually decreases one’s performance!). Rather, he outlined three motivating factors: Purpose, autonomy, and mastery.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Willink also mentioned that he was inspired to take this approach after observing that the highest performing SEALs were those with the most disciplined morning routines, getting up early and preparing for the day’s missions while others slept.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“You can use this Navy SEAL tactic of having a trigger image to get you through difficult situations in your own life.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Pursue a mission. Make a massive, awe-inspiring goal—a “higher purpose”—that ignites within you an unquenchable burning desire.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“He who has a ‘why’ to live for can bear almost any ‘how’.” — Friedrich Nietzsche”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: Iron Willpower: How to Build Grit, Develop Self-Discipline, and Master Self-Control

“those who have the most grit.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“capability exceeds belief.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“The 40% rule,” it means you’ve still got 60 percent left in the tank.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“the only way around it all was through it. “Get amongst it,” we’d say.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Only when leaders at all levels understand and believe in the mission can they pass that understanding and belief to their teams so that they can persevere through challenges, execute and win.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Purpose, teamwork, and challenge.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Tough times don’t last, tough men do.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Pursue a mission. Set a massive, awe-inspiring goal—a “higher purpose”—that ignites within you an unquenchable burning desire. It’s not the smartest, richest, or best educated that succeed in this world… Nor is it the strongest men, the tallest men, or the best swimmers that become Navy SEALs… It’s those that want it the most.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“Navy SEAL Principle #1: You are responsible for absolutely everything”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“So it comes down to this: When things get tough, focus on what is right in front of you. Focus on the moment. Don’t allow your mind to obsess over what is yet to come.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“And Thomas Edison after having tried and failed thousands of times over to invent the lightbulb: “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” — Thomas Edison”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: Unbreakable Grit: How to Develop Jaw-Dropping Grit, Unrelenting Willpower, and Incredible Mental Toughness

“With self-discipline most anything is possible.” — Theodore”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: Unbreakable Grit: How to Develop Jaw-Dropping Grit, Unrelenting Willpower, and Incredible Mental Toughness

“Develop self-discipline in just one area of life, such as by making a habit of daily exercise. Your self-discipline in all other areas of your life will increase without any additional effort on your part.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: Powerful Techniques from Billionaires, Navy SEALs, Spartans, Olympic Athletes, and Entrepreneurs

“Find the one thing you deeply care about and use that as the driving force in your pursuit of your mission.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“You have to want to win. You have to want to win so badly, losing is not even a possibility for you.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL

“On any team, in any organization, all responsibility for success and failure rests with the leader. The leader must own everything in his or her world. There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.”
― Dominic Mann, Self-Discipline: How to Develop the Mindset, Mental Toughness and Self-Discipline of a U.S. Navy SEAL