“The wooden hairbrush has two practical uses, the bristle side to be used on her silken locks, and the harsh, wooden side… — Michael Copy Share Image
Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I just lacked discipline over a period of time. I got up to 178 or 179, but it wasn't exactly lean, you… — Dave Schultz Copy Share Image
The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession . . . . Cheap… — Michael J. White Copy Share Image
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk about the spirituality of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual discipline. But in Shambhala there also is… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
You think aerobics is not a cool sport? I think you are wrong. It requires amazing discipline - flexibility, fitness, knowledge. And… — Magnus Scheving Copy Share Image
I would love to have a more earnest prayer life! In my life, prayer is the single most difficult discipline. I love… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I love a statement by the apostle Paul, in the Book of Philippians in the Bible. I think the Corinthians had been… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of… — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
“Caeiro’s work is truly a manifestation of a pagan mind. The order and discipline of paganism which Christianity caused us to lose,… — Ricardo Reis Copy Share Image
What does the Earth Desire? I will put it in just a few short sentences... To be admired in her loveliness, To… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Under the discipline of unity, knowledge and morality come together. No longer can we have that paltry 'objective' knowledge so prized by… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
You need a good support system when you're trying to make positive lifestyle changes. If everyone is eating burgers and fries while… — Bob Harper Copy Share Image
“It turns out that the distance from head to hand, from wafting butterfly to entomological specimen, is achieved through regular, disciplined practice.… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I think the Russian people have a coldness on them, and I think its all about discipline and just getting the work… — Florian Munteanu Copy Share Image
You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Whether it’s a team, a company, a classroom, or a family, everything begins to change when excellence becomes the expectation and the… — Jason Curry Copy Share Image
What I know is that if you're going to play half-court, you'd better have the greatest executioners of half-court basketball. If you… — Tom Heinsohn Copy Share Image
“Fame is the responsibility, the perennial discipline, the concubine who solicits and imbibes, bit by bit, the love, the relations, the serenity,… — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
Science is showing us that there are neurological (brain) factors that contribute to self-control and willpower, along with learning and upbringing. And… — Russell Barkley Copy Share Image
Part of it has to do with the discipline of being actively receptive. At the core of this receptivity is a process… — Henry Wessel, Jr Copy Share Image
“Discipline begins where you are, and the key to sustaining the level of discipline you need lies in developing daily habits and… — Mensah Oteh Copy Share Image
When you change the way you look at a thing, the thing itself changes...By mastering feelings, she had come to understand the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
I was drawn to bakery and pastry. It's the same discipline you employ in dance - you take the instruction, and you… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients,… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
I've done a little yoga, not as a professional, and every time I have a good teacher I see the immense possibilities… — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and… — Jocko Willink Copy Share Image
The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't live alone. He had Peter, John, and James around him. There were the Twelve and the other disciples. They formed… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I believe that prizes are useful things for the disciplines, whether we are talking about chemistry or we're talking... It motivates, it,… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
There should be no separation between spontaneous work with an emotional tone and work directed by the intellect. Both are supplementary to… — Armin Hofmann Copy Share Image
“If you have limited willpower, that willpower is best invested in setting up a positive environment rather than wasted on having to… — Derek Doepker Copy Share Image
You’re crowding me. I need— room.”... What I needed were boundaries. I needed willpower. I needed to be caged up, since yet… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
