Quotes About Discipline

Loss of time through sociability, idle talk, luxury," even more sleep than is necessary for health, six to at most eight hours, is worthy of absolute moral condemnation. It

The Puritan, like every rational type of asceticism, tried to enable a man to maintain and act upon his constant motives, especially those which it g in itself, against the emotions. In

No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.

experiments proved that the best way to break a habit is to form a clear mental image of the desired end result, and to practice without effort toward reaching that goal.

Holland, a recognized authority on teaching piano, recommends that all pianists "practice in their heads." A new composition, he says, should be first gone over in the mind.

Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.

Passion ought to be tempered with restraint.

The main difference in the speed of recovery between Argentina in post-2001 and Thailand in post-1997 crises is the exports. Fiscal discipline is necessary but not sufficient without export-driven economic growth. Too much debt can result in prolonged stagnation similar to the Japanese lost-decade of 1990s. With inflation risk on the rise, we could see more socioeconomic troubles and political unrest in economies with thin middle class. 2011-2012 will be challenging for many policy makers.

Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We're supposed to be exercising.

Charlie in the back office listening to parents bemoan their child's lack of discipline, the exorbitant cost of pointe shoes, the holiday schedule, Charlie nodding patiently as mothers spoke in hushed tones about their own long-ago ballet aspirations, of the mad fantasy of tutus and rosin, satin and tulle, floodlights and beaming faces, leaping endlessly into a lover's waiting arms.

Mother gave a flick of a glance at the fork in Tori's hand. "Children without manners are a wound in a mother's side.

You learn something new everyday." "What are you learning?" Sophos asked. "To keep my mouth shut, I hope.

Men need discipline! Countries need discipline! World needs discipline! He who wants to be successful needs discipline! Be a man of discipline!

There is no vacation for a writer! Every moment of his life is work!

To discipline your body, you need a disciplined mind!

To remain silent for only one minute is a serious punishment for a gabby!

I get up at the same time every morning.

I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.

One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind.

If I was going to do something, I wanted to give my life over to it, to love it, to wake up in the morning for it like I had for dance.

Some people worked well with daily discipline, but she'd always been more of a need-a-deadline or consumed-by-vision artist.

It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.

The man who has never been flogged has never been taught.

Disciplines like math, engineering, and computer science pardon a whole host of antisocial behaviors because the perpetrators are geniuses.