Quotes About Discipline

There are five prayers and five times of day for prayer; the five have five names. Let the first be truthfulness, the second honest living, and the third charity in the Name of God. Let the fourth be good will to all, and the fifth the praise of the Lord.

Sexual desire and anger shall not seduce you, and the dog of greed shall depart.

Krishna insisted on outer cleanliness and inner cleansing. Clean clothes and clean minds are an ideal combination.

The third one is culturing the mind. One who has never meditated has no right to even touch the book of Ashtavakra.

discipline in words and speech. Do not speak any word (from your side) that would create turbulence and turmoil in the minds of others. Even if you don't speak, some people get turbulent. That you are not responsible for, but from your side, do not speak. This is an oath you will take to begin with, for the next five days. Do not speak any harsh word. Don't let any harsh word come out of your mouth to anyone. Do not hurt with your words, for the Divine dwells in every heart.

The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.

Don't be lazy. Descend. You will find life in your heart. There you must live.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

The mind commands the body, and it obeys instantly; the mind commands itself, and is resisted.

Lakše je ukoriti duh nego razoriti tijelo.

We must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers...The Devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.

The hardest part of writing is the same as doing your homework...it's staying seated in your chair.

For a while they could almost taste the Sugar Balls and Choco Chums they weren't snacking

You're on a diet your whole life. Every bite you take is part of your daily diet—your necessary intake of food. So the diet you choose has to be one that will last—one that will keep you healthy for the long haul.

Verbal fluency is the product of hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is hte product of hours spent repeating scales." p. 26

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.

If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing between alternatives at a time when an impulsive decision seems very attractive.

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

Shanahan (the head coach) doesn't allow failure to take root.

An exercise in power should never be merely and indulgence.

a human being will accept the strictest disciplinary measures with a better grace if he knows that they will fall with equal severity on his neighbour. Justice in some mysterious way makes up for violence.

Undoubtedly, the mind is restless and hard to control But it can be trained by constant practice and by freedom from desire." - B.K.S. Iyengar. Climbing is really great, we all love climbing. But what's interesting to me is what happens in my head or in my life because of it. Ultimately, I think climbing is a vehicle for exploration - of the world, of the self.