Augusta F. Kantra - "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."

the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day · Mar 10, 2026 · 4m · transcript

Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern.

Today's quote is commonly misattributed to Abraham Lincoln — you've probably seen it under his name on social media a hundred times.

But the person most credibly connected to it is Augusta F. Kantra, a psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher from Alabama, who wrote:

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

Interesting... quite often when people talk about discipline it is about depriving yourself or exercising willpower.

But notice what Kantra is really saying here. She's not telling you to be harder on…