Quotes About Discipline

A student's mentality in learning martial arts is to overcome one's problems.

Learn to obey before you command.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes.

Learning to speak is like learning to shoot.

A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble

Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.

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

Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.

If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease.

Doing a budget means learning an ancient and powerful word: NO.

A free curiosity is more effective in learning than a rigid discipline.

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.

To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.

Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year.

I really like working by myself without any distractions, learning from my own mistakes.

Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits.

Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice.

Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners.