Quotes About Discipline

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.

Don't let your eyes look here and there, and don't look on someone elses' beauty, so that the devil will not conquer you with the help of your eyes.

Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.

If you practice hard, you can win every battle.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

The game honors toughness

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

If you want to hit home runs, you've go to swing a lot.

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.