Quotes About Discipline

Life needs penalties and rewards for people. You can't control people with only penalties. You have to think how to create rewards.

I never went to the gym before in my life. But, at 32, I notice that my body responds negatively to bad food, so I must make double the effort.

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor.

The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets.

We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life.

What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life.

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

A Warrior is always vigilant.

It takes six months to get into shape and two weeks to get out of shape. Once you know this you can stop being angry about other things in life and only be angry about this.

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal with the decisive moment.

there should be a place for everything, and everything in its place.

I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years for punching a sergeant so I couldn't punch a sergeant.

Fasting is a tremendous weapon and a source of power in the life of a believer.

On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.

If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

I've been showing up late and dirty all my life.

Along with filters on computers and a lock on affections, remember that the only real control in life is self-control.

The keys to life are running and reading.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

Life is tons of discipline. Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation

It's the quiet life of obedience that will earn a hearing