Quotes About Discipline

Our Soto way puts an emphasis on shikan taza , or "just sitting." Actually we do not have any particular name for our practice; when we practice zazen we just practice it, and whether we find joy in our practice or not, we just do it. Even though we are sleepy, and we are tired of practicing zazen, of repeating the same thing day after day; even so, we continue our practice. Whether or not someone encourages our practice, we just do it.

Those who can sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen, the actual feeling of Zen, the marrow of Zen.

So try always to keep the right posture, not only when you practice zazen, but in all your activities. Take the right posture when you are driving your car, and when you are reading. If you read in a slumped position, you cannot stay awake long. Try. You will discover how important it is to keep the right posture. This is the true teaching.

my mother chose to teach me that sometimes gratification has to be delayed.

Nadie le decía: Toñito, no juegues con la soga.

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose parents use authoritarian methods and punishment.

The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme.

Someone's looking for a short sharp visit from the Slap Fairy," said Melody.

The discipline that aims to be objective and scientific can be used to rationalize religious-ethnic prejudiced and justify imperial ambitions. Israelis, Palestinians and the evangelical imperialists of nineteenth century have all been guilty of commandeering the same events and assigning them contradictory meanings and facts.

1894-5, he won straight 5s (A grades) for Georgian singing and language and scores like 4, 5, 4, 5 in scripture. He was a model student, earning an 'excellent 5' for behaviour.

And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours.

What are you gonna do if I break one of your *&^%$ing rules?

And for those of you who want to start any trouble, I have a zero tolerance policy. . . .

Never waste your shots, always remain focused and ready.

Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

Our time is like our money; when we change a guinea the shillings escape as things of small account; when we break a day by idleness in the morning, the rest of the hours lose their importance in our eyes.

Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee!

God loves us too much to indulge our every whim.

I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

I love Pilates, I really do, and I do it three times a week because it works well for me.