Discipline Quotes · Page 51

All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power.

— Mark Hopkins

I started with shoes, and with hard work and discipline, the business prospered. I moved to the department store business and again,…

— Henry Sy

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

— Stephen Covey

Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.

— Rickson Gracie

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have…

— Sara Zarr

Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.

— Criss Jami

Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing…

— Cal Hubbard

“Discipline is aimed at formation for a specific end, and that end is determined by our founding narrative.”

— James K.A. Smith

“It was the principle of this Court that deterrent laws, however strict, are useless without positive moral discipline; that the happiness of…

— Isocrates

“Ben Zoof, whose ideas of discipline were extremely rigid, at once suggested that the colony should be put under the surveillance of…

— Jules Verne

“prayer is the one discipline in the Christian faith that makes us feel entirely dependent on God and thus sets us up…

— Jerry Sittser

The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than…

— James E. Faust

“You have a finite amount of willpower that becomes depleted as you use it. Your will, in other words, is not a…

— Cal Newport

Epic production has less to do with your willpower and more to do with the routines you install. Get those right, and…

— Robin S. Sharma

I think the truth is, we are all racist, really, when it comes down to it. I think all of us have…

— Peter Hollingworth

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will…

— Maria Montessori

“We have a system of terrorizing punishment meted out directly to more than two million people in prison and to another five…

— Mark Lewis Taylor

“Freedom like charity, begins at home. No man is worthy to fight in the cause of freedom unless he has conquered his…

— Jack Whiteside Parsons

Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very…

— Clare Boothe Luce

“Preach our doctrine, inculcate experience, urge practice, enforce discipline. If you preach doctrine alone, the people will be antinomians; if you preach…

— Fred Sanders

“Willpower: "This virtue, like moste virtues, is ambiguity itself. People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny…

— James Baldwin

We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that…

— Anna Deavere Smith

When I was very young, one of my favourite books was Captain's Courageous and I suppose one of the reasons I loved…

— Clive James

“Too often, we give God only the tired remnants of our time. If Jesus Christ had given us only the remnant of…

— A.W. Tozer

Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.

— Brian Greene

The start of the day is often the best time to get things done. This is somewhat related to willpower.

— Tim Ferriss

Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around…

— Claudia Gray

In the beginning [Hitler] was genial and pleasant. He would have extraordinary willpower and unheard-of influence on people.

— Hermann Goring

“You are either going to go through the pain of disappointment or discipline in your life. The latter makes the pain worth…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“True creativity in medicine doesn't take place within disciplines so much as it does at the boundaries between disciplines.”

— Toby Cosgrove

“Success = Wisdom + Courage + Discipline. KNOW what to do, be BRAVE enough to do it, and LEAD YOURSELF to doing…

— Ryan Lilly

Imaginative compassion for that which is other than myself is a constant artistic and ethical discipline.

— Shaun McNiff

Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

These are only hints an guesses... the rest is prayer, observance, discipline, thought, and action.

— T. S. Eliot

“If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering.”

— Jeff Goins

Discipline, Dedication and determination are essential elements to achieve success or to achieve any goal.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“Part of the fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Once you get married, however, a good defense is frequency and freedom.”

— Mark Driscoll

The Daily Show was an incredible training ground for that kind of thing. It was all about discipline and generating material constantly.

— Ed Helms

The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

— Oswald Chambers

To truly be committed to a life of honesty, love and discipline, we must be willing to commit ourselves to reality.

— John Bradshaw