“It takes vast willpower, luck, and skill to be the first. But it takes a gigantic heart to be number two.” — Johan Harstad Copy Share Image
The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Regardless of your subject matter, there are ways to engage students in critical thinking about racism which are relevant to your discipline.” — Beverly Daniel Tatum Copy Share Image
For an interest to be rewarding, one must pay in discipline and dedication, especially though the difficult or boring stages which are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a great discipline to have to report to somebody, even if you're the sole owner — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline. — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work. — Lisa Madigan Copy Share Image
An artist's studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I took ballet for two years in high school and then in college on and off, and I went back into class.… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
The industrial world enjoys a rare combination of growth and low inflation; the 'Washington consensus,' a model of economic development that emphasizes… — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
“His father, that austere, unfeeling and untutored man, had insisted his sons polish their boots every evening. Flett has learned to be… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
If you wish to feign confusion in order to lure the enemy on, you must first have perfect discipline; if you wish… — Du Mu Copy Share Image
“But a good servant, and I am an excellent one, can completely control his master, tell him what to think, how to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Obesity is not about a lack of willpower or an individual who has no self respect. Obesity is about science and malfunctions… — T.C. Hale Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to change, but change demands desire and discipline before it becomes delightful. There is always the agony of choice before… — Larry Lea Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about golf is that the presidency requires focus and discipline, and golf requires focus and discipline. It was a… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest positive disciplines I acquired while in nursing school was to plan my lunches and snacks every day. I… — Caroline Porter Thomas Copy Share Image
And my daughter said, 'Why are you yelling at us?' and I said, 'I'm trying to discipline you!' And then she looked… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Research has convincingly demonstrated that using the "rod" creates children who are not more obedient but who are instead simplymore angry and… — Julius Segal Copy Share Image
“Do whatever you do joyfully, because discipline - the true meaning of the word - is characterized by doing something with joy.… — Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle Copy Share Image
Look what we are trying. You call it dharma, but it is not. What we are trying is to come together; come… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi 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
It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it. — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
Medical engineering is one of the areas in which the traditional 'silo' structures of university disciplines have not encouraged collaboration. — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there. — Haile Gebrselassie Copy Share Image
Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive but mutually dependent because otherwise, you'd sink into chaos. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I went to Harvard High because it was a great school. That it happened to be a military school was just a… — Mark Harmon Copy Share Image
It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else. — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
Orderly discipline and morale within an army was the responsibility of the Division Commander. — Iwane Matsui Copy Share Image
All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an… — Alicia Witt Copy Share Image
“Adopt and follow a smooth way of discipline and beautify the quality of life since such steps open the door of prestige… — Ehsan Sehgal Copy Share Image
Unlike badminton playing major nations of the world, we never had a specialist doubles coach and so the discipline remained neglected. — Jwala Gutta Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an opera singer, but the discipline needed to maintain a healthy voice and that was not for me. — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
“Work Hard in Silence Quote by Business Strategist Hirav Shah – “Work hard in silence, let every result speak louder than the… — Hirav Shah Copy Share Image
I believe in discipline. You can forgive incompetence. You can forgive lack of ability. But one thing you cannot ever forgive is… — Forrest Gregg Copy Share Image
Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core,… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
