“Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Our fundamental tactic of self-protection, self-control, and self-definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories, and more particularly connecting… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
“When I say ‘practice’ I don’t mean repeating an act until you get it right. In this use, it means to instill… — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“Empirical disciplines will take us to the stars, but it's humanities that make sure, we don't leave behind our humanity, otherwise we'll… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I know there are actors we all want to beat up a little. I think it's important to do whatever it takes,… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
Obsessive use of meditative disciplines or perennial study of scripture and philosophy will never bring forth this wonderful realization, this truth which… — Tilopa Copy Share Image
I practice really hard, every day. I started that about 13 or 14 years ago; it's a discipline now. But the writing… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
“The history of ideas, then, is the discipline of beginnings and ends, the description of obscure continuities and returns, the reconstitution of… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I balance my natural drive for speed and impact with a counterbalancing drive for significance, innovation and sustained customer intimacy. This involves… — Kevin Cashman Copy Share Image
“By asking why, by seeking meaning (not in any final sense, but in the immediate sense of use or purpose), Darwin found… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Emotional self-control is NOT the same as overcontrol, the stifling of all feeling and spontaneity…when such emotional suppression is chronic, it can… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“He had no document but his memory; the training he had acquired with each added hexameter gave him a discipline unsuspected by… — Jorge Luís Borges Copy Share Image
“The most common argument used against church discipline is that it is unloving and judgmental. In rebuttal, we merely need to point… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
I acquired long-lived parents. My mother died at 94. Father died at 90, holding a glass of whisky. I think that's the… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
When I run into a paradox I think either I'm a total horse's ass to have gotten to this point, or I'm… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like rearing children -- willpower has very little to do with it. If you have a little baby… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
Artists are often having very similar conversations across the various disciplines through which they choose to excel, but you rarely see them… — Michael Salu Copy Share Image
“The twelve disciples represent the twelve qualities of mind which can be controlled and disciplined by man. If disciplined they will at… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
As I started writing about loss and grief, I was taking what felt unmanageable and using my songwriting, my sense of poetry… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
“When you hit the wall in your disciplines, routines, rhythms, and consistency, realize that’s when you are separating yourself from your old… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives,… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Boxing gave me the discipline and took me away from the streets and away from the corners. It changed my life, you… — Andy Ruiz Jr Copy Share Image
“The incomplete vocabulary of strategy as an intellectual discipline limits the communication of the central concept of indirectness. This concept, as it… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share Image
I told Miss Kay we need to make sure our children don't turn out like I turned out, so they were raised… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're… — Tamer Hassan Copy Share Image
I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
If you have total freedom, then you are in trouble. It's much better when you have some obligation, some discipline, some rules.… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline, really. If… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promptness and… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
“Mothers do, every day. It’s funny, Bo, how a woman can bring two children into the world, raise them up the same… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
When I travel, I connect with creative people in all different fields and disciplines. It's sort of just to keep my finger… — Mark Parker Copy Share Image
“A culture of discipline involves a duality. On the one hand, it requires people who adhere to a consistent system; yet, on… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Even if you can't afford to buy a painting, you can experience it. You can go see the Mona Lisa and be… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
Maybe the discipline in North America is just consolidation, right? I mean, it may be that if there were more vigorous pursuit… — Paul Solman Copy Share Image
