Reaction is the enemy of creation. Creation requires deep sustained focus. This focus is under constant attack by "notifications" that encourage you to respond to unending false emergencies. Protect your attention and direct it to where it is most valuable.

The Stoic Emperor

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Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson.

Swami Sivananda

Self-discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

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.

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