Quotes About Discipline

Social cohesion is a necessity, and mankind has never yet succeeded in enforcing cohesion by merely rational arguments. Every community is exposed to two opposite dangers: ossification through too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand; and on the other hand, dissolution, or subjection to foreign conquest, through the growth of individualism and personal experience that makes cooperation impossible

Great ages and great individuals have arisen from the breakdown of a rigid system: the rigid system has given the necessary discipline and coherence, while its breakdown has releaed the necessary energy. (...) No doubt the ideal is a certain rigidity of action plus a certain plasticity of thought, but this is diffcult to achieve in practice except during brief transitional periods.

Education should have two objects: first, to give definite knowledge—reading and writing, languages and mathematics, and so on; secondly, to create those mental habits which will enable people to acquire knowledge and form sound judgments for themselves.

Every community is exposed to two opposite dangers, ossification through too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand; on the other hand, dissolution, or subjection to foreign conquest, through the growth of an individualism and personal independence that makes co-operation impossible.

The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

External discipline is the only road to happiness for those unfortunates whose self-absorption is too profound to be cured in any other way.

To a great extent fatigue in such cases is due to worry, and worry could be prevented by a better philosophy of life and a little more mental discipline. Most men and women are very deficient in control over their thoughts. I mean by this that they cannot cease to think about worrying topics at times when no action can be taken in regard to them.

La disciplina externa es el único camino a la felicidad para aquellos desdichados cuya absorción en sí mismos es tan profunda que no se puede curar de ningún otro modo.

Industrial conscription is, of course, rigidly enforced. Every man and woman has to work, and slacking is severely punished, by prison or a penal settlement.

I had never realized before how quickly men deteriorate without razors and clean shirts. They are like potted plants that go to weed unless they are pruned and tended daily.

God loves you. His chastisements can be painful, but God never turns His back on us. He will discipline us, but He will not forsake us. He will always seek to draw us back to a place where He can bless us once more.

Do not despise the LORD'S instruction … for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, just as a father, the son he delights in. Proverbs 3:11–12

Only love compels to the death. Dear one, life is hard. Opposition is huge. Circumstances will inevitably happen in all our lives that will defy all discipline, determination, and conviction. Love keeps burning when everything else disintegrates in an ashen heap. Pray for this one thing more than you pray for your next breath. I am convinced love is everything.

salvation by grace teaches us to live self-controlled lives.

did. One sobering thing about the faithfulness of God is that He keeps His promises, even when they are promises of judgment or discipline.

The challenge of a tamed tongue is so great that we'd be wise to give it daily attention in prayer.

He loved them enough to teach them anything and everything that would be of benefit, even if they didn't like it. He was willing to hurt their feelings momentarily, if it would help their hearts eternally.

Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;...As obedient children, do not conform to the

Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us. Hebrews 12:1

Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1

The party where humorless thought police work to enforce a rigid ideological discipline isn't made up of Democrats. It comprises Republicans.

I think ballet has a bad reputation of being stuffy and depleted.

I do not want to gain a reputation for lacking discipline because I always look to play within the laws.

There are many ways to improve your writing. Here's the bad news: 1.They all require hard work. 2.There is no magic bullet.