Quotes About Discipline

And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace--and with what confidence?

The classes they taught were for no student's special development; their interests were the subject themselves—their passions were for the politics of the university, or of their own departments within it—and their overall view of us students was that we should conform ourselves to their methods of their disciplines of study.

Tarkin thought of himself as the product of a military upbringing, in which discipline, respect, and obedience were held in the highest regard.

Starfleet, where keeping decorum ranked just beneath exploration as its reason for existing.

Force is the only real and unanswerable power. Oftentimes, beings who haven't been duly punished cannot be reasoned with or edified.

The crew waits for no man.

I'll deliberately order a jasmine tea and a fruit plate just to make a point to the client that I'm a serious and disciplined professional. I usually accompany that with a quick line about how shitty the hotel gym is. "The treadmill shakes too much at high speeds" is a fan favorite. The client is almost always impressed.

Mientras nuestros rivales tratan de alcanzar la fortaleza viril desde la misma cuna mediante la más dura de las disciplinas, en Atenas vivimos exactamente como deseamos vivir, y estamos igualmente dispuestos a enfrentar cualquier peligro legítimo.»

They try to order chaos not in the way an artist or scientist does, through a defining vision that creates structure and discipline, but by closing off and isolating themselves from that which does not fit. They become bureaucratic.

The purpose of school, Zimbardo notes, is to turn present-oriented little beasts into responsible future-oriented children.

The Rule teaches that if we take control of our lives, if we are intentional and careful in how we spend the hours of each irreplaceable day, if we discipline ourselves to live in a balanced and thankful way, we will create from our experiences, whatever they may be, the best possible life. Surely this knowledge is as invaluable now as it was in the sixth century.

Whose school-hours are all the days and nights of our existence.

Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks.

I punched my buddy in the nose after lunch, now I'm in trouble cause the dean saw the punch.

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly but then less is learned there so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

Training and education is one and the same: that is, to train the mind through a discipline in order to awake the inner intelligence of the individuals.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

Character is the main object of education.

Schooling is a manufacturing process whereby the raw material called curious boys is turned into products called obedient men.

Education should be gentle and stern not cold and lax.

She's an honor student. She's always saying "Yes Your Honor. No Your Honor."

Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.