Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
ELBERT HUBBARD
ELBERT HUBBARD
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Elbert Hubbard115 quotes“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
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