Discipline Quote by Paul J. Silvia Download Open image ““The best kind of self-control is to avoid situations that require self-control”” — Paul J. Silvia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discipline Self control
“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can't control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.” — Jan Mckingley Hilado Copy Share Image
What is self-control? It is nothing but a highly developed vital sense, dominating and regulating the mere appetites. To overlook the very existence of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“If I never do something, it requires no self-control for me; if I do something sometimes, it requires enormous self-control.” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“If I always behave with propriety, no matter what it costs me to suppress my own desires, then that is the measure of me.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Avoid letting circumstances control your decisions and dictate your actions, thereby controlling your life.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Self-control is tightly linked with imagining the future. If you can’t imagine the future, there’s no reason to exhibit any discipline or self-control.” — Todd G. Buchholz Copy Share Image
“Learning self-control is important, but it’s equally important to grow up in an environment where adults are consistently present and trustworthy.” — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
When self control is lacking in small things, the ability to apply it to matters of importance withers away. Every day in which one… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Revising while you generate text is like drinking decaffeinated coffee in the early morning: noble idea, wrong time.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Writing time is for writing, not for checking e-mail, reading the news, or browsing the latest issues of journals. Sometimes I think it would… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“To write a lot, you should rethink your mental models of rejection and publication. Rejections are like a sales tax on publications: The more… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Decide what you want to do," wrote William Zinsser. "Then decide to do it. Then do it" (Zinsser, 2001, p. 285).” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“The subtlety of your analysis of variance will not move readers to tears, although the tediousness of it might.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Binge writers spend more time feeling guilty and anxious about not writing than schedule followers spend writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Remember, you’re allocating time to write, not finding time to write.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“People who claim that they’re “not the scheduling kind of person” are masterly schedulers at other times: They always teach at the same time,… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Equipment will never help you write a lot; only making a schedule and sticking to it will make you a productive writer.” — Paul J. Silvia 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
