Discipline Quote by Andre Dubus Download Open image “Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.” — Andre Dubus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discipline Matter Talent
Talent is nothing;if its not controlled, disciplined and harnessed. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
Talent is nothing without dedication and discipline, and dedication and discipline is a talent in itself. — Luke Campbell Copy Share Image
Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes… — Milton Glaser Copy Share Image
Persistence and discipline. Without those two, you have nothing, no matter how talented you are. — Alrick Brown Copy Share Image
So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, it's self-consciousness. — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
After the dead are buried, after the physical pain of grief has become a permanent wound in the soul, then comes the transcendent and… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
“There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And if you… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
“It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment.” — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all of us,… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
I think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined. — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
I know I learn a lot from the students in my class and I'm not just saying that to sound like some generous teacher. — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Proportion is all; and, in sports at school, I lost it by surrendering to the awful significance of my self-consciousness. Shyness has a strange… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
“When Jennifer was here in the summer, they were at the house most days. I would say generally that as they got older they… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions. — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it. — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Proverbs from the East: The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Even though I make no special attempt to observe the discipline of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
