--- title: "11 Discipline Just Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Discipline Just quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Discipline Just sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/michael-j-fox-1653_discipline_discipline-is-just-doing-the-same-thing_2967942.jpg" --- > [Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/discipline-is-just-doing-the-same-thing-the-right-way-whether-anyone/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/michael-j-fox-1653_discipline_discipline-is-just-doing-the-same-thing_2967942.jpg) > [Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/success-is-actually-a-short-race-a-sprint-fueled-by-discipline-just/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/anonymous-1_discipline_success-is-actually-a-short-race-a-sprin_1592338.jpg) > [“Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most. – ANONYMOUS”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benny-lewis/discipline-is-just-choosing-between-what-you-want-now-and-what-you/) [Benny Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benny-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/benny-lewis-45396_discipline_discipline-is-just-choosing-between-what_871946.jpg) > [Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ann-scott/those-edges-and-turns-teach-control-and-discipline-just-like-finger/) [Barbara Ann Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ann-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/barbara-ann-scott-93718_discipline_those-edges-and-turns-teach-control-and_2421916.png) > [“Life without discipline is just like a body without a backbone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utkarsh-sharma/life-without-discipline-is-just-like-a-body-without-a-backbone/) [Utkarsh Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utkarsh-sharma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/utkarsh-sharma-61035_discipline_life-without-discipline-is-just-like-a-b_1322936.jpg) > [You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumail-nanjiani/you-really-need-to-have-that-discipline-it-s-not-even-discipline-i/) [Kumail Nanjiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumail-nanjiani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/kumail-nanjiani-7820_aside_you-really-need-to-have-that-discipline_510738.jpg) > [Good discipline is more than just punishing or laying down the law. It is liking children and letting them see that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-greenspan/good-discipline-is-more-than-just-punishing-or-laying-down-the-law-it/) [Stanley Greenspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-greenspan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/stanley-greenspan-34084_caring_good-discipline-is-more-than-just-punish_2851769.png) > [“Your role is not to make your child happy every moment of the day regardless of the personal cost, but to raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-frost/your-role-is-not-to-make-your-child-happy-every-moment-of-the-day/) [Jo Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/jo-frost-5360_child_your-role-is-not-to-make-your-child-happ_2745393.jpg) > [“But there was a discipline, it was just that we didn’t understand. We thought he was formless, but I think now he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/but-there-was-a-discipline-it-was-just-that-we-didn-t-understand-we/) [Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/michael-ondaatje-940_discipline_but-there-was-a-discipline-it-was-just-t_293755.png) > [Discipline is not just about work, but about diet and about exercise and on a deeper level, about concentrating and making sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-pallett/discipline-is-not-just-about-work-but-about-diet-and-about-exercise/) [Owen Pallett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-pallett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/owen-pallett-29144_anxiety_discipline-is-not-just-about-work-but-ab_797253.jpg) > [I have seen so much obstructed potential among people who lack personal discipline, who just slough it off, whatever it is, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-have-seen-so-much-obstructed-potential-among-people-who-lack/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/marianne-williamson-90_capacity_i-have-seen-so-much-obstructed-potential_1748577.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipline-just/#itemlist", "name": "Discipline Just Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael J. 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We thought he was formless, but I think now he was tormented by order, what was outside it. He tore apart the plot—see his music was immediately on top of his own life. Echoing. As if, when he was playing he was lost and hunting for the right accidental notes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Ondaatje" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/but-there-was-a-discipline-it-was-just-that-we-didn-t-understand-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/michael-ondaatje-940_discipline_but-there-was-a-discipline-it-was-just-t_293755.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/michael-ondaatje-940_discipline_but-there-was-a-discipline-it-was-just-t_293755.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/michael-ondaatje-940_discipline_but-there-was-a-discipline-it-was-just-t_293755.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But there was a discipline, it was just that we didn’t understand. 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I want my daughter to have what I think of as a capacity for self-discipline. 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