Quotes About Discipline

Children respect discipline. They want to be guided. It gives them a sense of belonging, a sense of security.

Children do need the guidance of their parents, and we guide them more by the example we set than by any other way. We need to be firm and sane and fair and consistent—and, above all, we need to discipline in a spirit of love.

Many children today are growing up without discipline. As they become adults and the discipline of job or family demands are placed upon them, they do not know how to cope . . .children need discipline to be useful members of society. Likewise, God's children need discipline to be useful members of His family.

In character-building and in living the Christian life, concentration is important. The [person] who has a general interest in everything usually isn't too good at anything.

The Pilgrims had vision and hope because they lived in the dimension of eternity. Their strength of spirit was forged by a personal faith in God, by tough discipline, and by regular habits of devotion.

Children must be taught obedience just as much as they need to be taught to read and write.

Don't give Satan a foothold, but discipline yourself to stay close to God. He alone is your security.

Ninety-five percent of the difficulties you will experience as a Christian can be traced to a lack of Bible study and reading.

With the breakdown of discipline in the home and with every source of amusement and instruction pouring poison into daily life, it is not to be wondered that the minds of people are ready to receive anything but the truth and that they are ready to believe lies and ultimately the lie.

We all have exactly the same number of minutes in a day. The question is, how will we use them? Most people today are either too busy—or not busy enough. The Bible tells us that both extremes are wrong.

There are Christians who have never really learned the biblical truth of separation: separation from unclean thoughts and unclean habits.

Your eyes should never be lent to the devil; they belong to God. Be careful how you use your eyes!

Parents do overindulge their children, giving them a profusion of material things . . . without the stabilizing effects of earning one's way, of making decisions, of sweating hard to attain some kind of goal, young people are grievously handicapped.

What is the most difficult word for young people to pronounce? It's the word no. When we say no [to what is against God], He will help us to stand by it. He will give us courage.

The church has lost its ability to discipline members who live openly in sin. Consequently, we have lost our witness in the community.

The Christian is likened to a boxer, who masters his own body and practices self restraint, and all the way through the New Testament you'll read words like this describing the Christian life: fight, wrestle, run, work, suffer, endure, resist, agonize, persevere. All of these are New Testament words describing the Christian life. It is to be a disciplined life.

First master the fundamentals. When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro. I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody--somewhere--was practicing more than me.

There is no shortcut to excellence.

as simple as breathing but difficulty to control

I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.

A teacher's focus is, and should be, on teaching and helping students, rather than on developing evidence against a particular troublemaker.

Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision.

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When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.