Quotes About Discipline

Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.

The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.

The practice of "turning aside to look" is a spiritual discipline that by its very nature sets us up for an encounter with God.

Aprender a escuchar al cuerpo, a darle descanso y a respetarlo como un lugar en el que Dios nos hace conocer su presencia, se convierte entonces en una importante disciplina para el peregrino espiritual.

Sabbath keeping is the primary discipline that helps us live within the limits of our humanity and to honor God as our Creator. It is the key to a life lived in sync with the rhythms that God himself built into our world.

good. Over time, as we surrender ourselves to new life rhythms, they help us to surrender old behaviors, attitudes and practices so that we can be shaped by new ones.

An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.

I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.

Roland made a mental note to wash the boy's mouth with Irish Spring when they got back home to Ohio.

If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit and run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light at the dug out camera.

there is an inner core common to all religions: the universal teachings of morality and charity, of a disciplined and pure mind full of love, compassion, goodwill and tolerance.

One habit I have not yet succeeded in getting rid of: the inveterate one of feeling that when at home I must sit at my desk for so long each day to write, not letters whether of business or of friendship, but printable stuff, even when there is no idea of publishing connected with it. If I have failed to do it, I feel morally hang-doggy and physically unclean.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

Vigilance helps grow a person character

If we don't get a good day's work out of you, we'll maroon you." He ignored Barnaby's raised eyebrow. They'd never marooned anybody before, even the English nobles they hated, but Gideon meant to put the fear of God into the man.

Why did Mama say that? Had Papa made her angry again? He made her angry a lot. Gran said it was on account of his "hores." One time Celia asked Nurse what a hore was, and Nurse paddled her and told her that was a bad word. Then why did Papa have them?

Poro?nost je samo obrazac lošeg ponašanja, navika koje se razvija s vremenom. Dovoljno je riješiti se te navike.

Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.

you look at your child with intelligence, do you see that to get him everything that he asks for is sheer stupidity?

Even on a daily basis, one can make this awareness a part of one's life. When you are hungry and want to eat, just postpone it by ten minutes. Be conscious of your hunger, do not get busy with some other activity. Consciously postpone your meal and wait.

If you do not eat for a couple of days, you won't think about God. You will only think about food.

kriya yoga cannot be done with people who talk "freedom" all the time. It is not for people who keep asking, "Why am I not free to eat my ice cream? Why can't I wake up whenever I feel like it? Why can't I eat, drink, or have sex with whatever, whoever, whenever I feel like?" If you take the path of kriya, a certain fundamental discipline has to be brought into all physical, psychological, and emotional processes.

I knew that Malcolm X had an almost fanatical obsession about time. I have less patience with someone who doesn't wear a watch than with anyone else , for this type is not time-conscious, he had once told me.