Quotes About Discipline

With all the travelling and performing I've been doing, it's hard to find time to practice! But seriously, I probably did most of my practicing when I was younger.

Nothing adds to a person's leisure time like doing things when they are supposed to be done.

All sports are time control demonstrations.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.

I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.

I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.

Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.

If you want to be holy then you must give time to God and not just intend to.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there.

My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don't wait for inspiration.

I had my trousers on at all times.

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.

What I do with my kids is - and I think they probably do ignore us - is No Alcohol. If they're drunk they will be grounded for time immemorial.

There's no set time or schedule for developing one's skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn't come overnight. It's a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.

You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't matter.

I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.

The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There's a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it's called college.

Don't be silly and don't waste your time.

You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.

When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.

I'm trying to play guitar every day. I think I have a gift, and I've not been nurturing it for a long time. So I'm trying to pick it back up.