Quotes About Discipline

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

I attribute my success entirely to my habits of early rising, frugal living, and methodical habits.

My boy, I know what I'm talking about. Mind you, I'm not saying marriage doesn't come hard on a fellow at first. It does. Fellow says to himself, damn it all, he says, I can't call my soul my own! But he gets broken in. It's all discipline." Luke

Do a thing well then leave it alone .

Twenty minutes' work after breakfast every morning keeps the flag going to perfection. You have nothing to complain of, have you?" "Your

Think, my friend," said Poirot's voice encouragingly. "Arrange your ideas. Be methodical. Be orderly. There is the secret of success.

Disciplina sem arregimentação.

There was nothing mass produced about the school, but if it was individualistic, it also had discipline. Discipline without regimentation, was Miss Bulstrode's motto. Discipline, she held, was reassuring to the young, it gave them a feeling of security; regimentation gave rise to irritation.

I remember the school janitors who supervised the schoolyard. Cold and cunning, they were the supreme arbiters and would instill fear in everyone. If a child got out of control, they would tie him up and give him ten lashes. After receiving his punishment, the child had to kiss the hand of the one who had lashed him, say, "As you command, Father," and then leave the area. This ritual was repeated several times a week.

Being a student is like someone behind the bars, only those who burn the midnight oil will get the certificate of freedom.

Every student must choose one of two pains: The pain of self-discipline or the pain of regret of negleted opportunities.

When an Allied official criticised the undisciplined behaviour of the Red Army in Germany, a Russian officer is said to have replied: 'This is not the Red Army. The Red Army perished on the battlefields in 1941 and 1942. These are the hordes of Asia whom we have whipped to war so that we might roll back the German onslaught.

It is false to suppose that so long as Scripture and doctrine are preserved, disciplinary and liturgical tradition can safely be modernised at will.

Careful patience is the fastest way!

When we practice only when we're feeling good, how are we going to get anywhere like that?

My innocent request for kend? lessons had brought me a load of unexpected tasks. But I had asked for it, so there was nothing I could do.

The idea of rebirth is also reflected in biographies of the Buddha. The Buddha experiences a variety of previous births, during which he practices his religious discipline and appears as a perfected being. The J?takas , tales of the Buddha's former lives, relate how he amasses great numbers of virtues. In some of them, he is shown as having been born previously as a monkey or a deer.

Move well, study well, play well, eat well, rest well - That is the turtle master way!

On the path of the budo one does not strive for victory over an opponent. One strive to avoid defeat by one's own self.

Now here's the thing about people who swear by routines. When they decide to break from the usual, they go big. The Greek salad is replaced by a large pepperoni pizza. The skipped day at the gym becomes a month of couch-potatoing.

Those who have nothing have only their discipline.

I would say, if you like, that the party is like an out-moded mathematics...that is to say, the mathematics of Euclid. We need to invent a non-Euclidian mathematics with respect to political discipline.

Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy.

In all other construction disciplines, engineers plan a construction strategy that craftmen execute. Engineers don't build bridges; ironworkers do. Only in software is the engineer tasked with actually building the product. Only in software is the "ironworker" tasked with determining how the product will be constructed.