Quotes About Discipline

Mormons have to have absurdly high standards. Other people try not to drink to excess. Mormons refuse to drink at all. Other people cut back on their coffee at Lent. Mormons drink neither coffee nor tea, ever, and I know plenty of Mormons who think it is wrong to drink hot chocolate, or herbal tea, or decaffeinated coffee. Or anything that could be mistaken for tea at a casual glance. Or anything coffee-flavored. Or rum-flavored. Or even vanilla extract.

A good resolution is like an old horse, which is often saddled but rarely ridden.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

Whatever you want to be in life, you're training for it right now.

A self-disciplined person defines success by effectiveness.

As Socrates said, "Know thyself." Cicero said, "Control thyself." And as Jesus taught, "Give thyself.

Sometimes, the idea that science is a neutral, careful, bias-avoiding discipline has a bad day.

Respect the Sword, Grimm.

No one wanted to get sent to Oklahoma, and that was exactly what would happen to you if you got out of line

Punishments included hanging by the thumbs, toes barely touching the ground; bucking and gagging, being trussed like a turkey with a bit cutting the mouth; spread-eagling on a spare wheel, mocking crucifixion; flogging; and branding.

You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.

You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

Malcolm: A karate master does not kill people with his bare hands. He does not lose his temper and kill his wife. The person who kills is the person who has no discipline, no restraint, and who has purchased his power in the form of a Saturday night special. And that is why you think that to build a place like this is simple. Hammond: It was simple. Malcolm: Then why did it go wrong?

In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what to do, not even God, and they think that in this way they have no master. In the end they become slaves to anything.

T]he reason why Shakespeare and Pushkin were great writers was because from the time when they were boys they stood like policemen over their thoughts and didn't allow one small insincerity to creep in.

Ne možemo jednostavno iz sje?anja izbrisati svoje osje?aje i duhovne rane - to se ljudskim snagama jedostavno ne može - iako se možemo disciplinirati i nepostupati u skladu s njima.

Remember that obedience is the great fast.

he'll need to identify both the core challenges and competency gaps he faces, and then organize himself to deal with them most effectively. He'll have to exercise personal discipline to do things he normally wouldn't, build a team that complements him, and think hard about what advice and counsel he'll need and how he'll use it.

Our technological world demands experts and rewards them. Those who consistently deepen their knowledge and skills to become experts will position themselves favorably. But expertise comes at a cost. Reaching expert status requires a level of discipline and dedication that rises far above mere competence.

I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until they are proved to be right, is the most important of all, not only in things of natural philosophy, but in every department of daily life.

Programming is the art of doing one thing at a time

I will admit to feeling a little contempt for those who can't keep quiet.

The secret is to persist in the method until 'reasoned, accurate, clear and beneficial' behaviour becomes habitual.

Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.