Commitment is requisite to real living — If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Commitment is at the heart of personhood. An uncommitted person is not person at all.

Commitment is the loss of options, a type of death, the death of childhood's limitless possibility, of the flattery of choice without duress.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

Consistency is overrated — a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

Consistency is the enemy of enterprise.

Consistency is unimaginative — a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Custom is a tyrant.

Custom is king over all.

Custom is powerful — there is no way to erase the unwritten law.

Custom is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools

Discipline is necessary for man, for he is by nature raw and wild.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak and esteem to all.

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.

Discipline is often praised by some folk, but nine times out of ten, this means they are prepared to administer it rather than submit to it.