Quotes About Discipline

But isn't it enough that I just don't want it?" "No," said Fiona. "It isn't enough." "Why not?" "Well, if that was enough, if just saying no and not giving a reason was enough, where would we be? It would just be chaos.

There was no need to call the meeting to order. Robots are orderly by default.

Creo que fue la actriz y cómica estadounidense Phyllis Diller quien dijo que nos pasamos los tres primeros años de vida de nuestro hijo enseñándole a caminar y a hablar, y los siguientes doce años en la escuela diciéndole que se siente y se calle.

Buddhist discipline is designed to transmute trishna, or egoic narcissism, into Karuna, Divine Narcissism; that is, to transmute self-love, which excludes love of others, into Self-love, which is love of others.

The beauty of practice is that it transforms us so that we outgrow our original intentions—and keep going! Our motivations for practicing evolve as we mature.

Discipline, not the Muse, results in productivity. If you write only when she beckons, your writing is not yours at all.

TRAIN up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6).

Thousands of repetitions and out of one's true self perfection emerges.

1. Divide capital into 10 equal parts and never risk more than a tenth of it on any one trade. 2. Never overtrade. 3. Never let a profit run into a loss. 4. Do not buck the trend. 5. Trade only in active stocks. 6. When in doubt, get out, and don't get in when in doubt. 7. Never buy just to get a dividend. 8. Never average a loss.

One executive suggests a discipline — putting down first what you want the reader to do, next the three most important things the reader needs to understand to take that action, then starting to write. When you're done, he suggests asking yourself whether if you were the reader, would you take action on the basis of what is written.

I once asked Master B.P. Chan if the ancient qigong and martial arts masters had superior abilities to those of the present. He said, "In general, yes. But only because they were more patient." ... Most students abandon the practice and look for a new form of "entertainment". But it is precisely at this stage that the most lasting benefits are cultivated.

Carrying water and chopping wood are just as much spiritual practices as reading scriptures.

Even if there was no long-term economic impact from careful coding I would still choose to write the best code I could.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

It is not hard to make money in the market. What is hard to avoid is the alluring temptation to throw your money away on short, get-rich-quick speculative binges. It is an obvious lesson, but one frequently ignored.

put time on your side. Start saving early and save regularly. Live modestly and don't touch the money that's been set aside.

Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline.

A teacher once described the Haitians in her class as very obedient and polite. I said that's because their families will beat them if they get in trouble. Sensing my disapproval, she said it is good that they discipline their kids. Yes, but it can be taken too far when they instill fear of authority and beat the spirit out of their children.

Public opinion is the unseen product of education and practical experience. Education, in turn, is the function, in co-operation, of the family, the church and the school. If the family fails in its guiding influence and discipline and if the church fails in its religious instruction, then everything is left to the school, which is given an impossible burden to bear.

Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.

P?i práci s pilníkem nebo pilkou na železo tla?te p?i pohybu vzad. Tyto základní návyky vám možná p?ipadají samoz?ejmé a nudné, ale práv? ony d?lají dobrého mechanika.

A pastor really needs to be broken before God every day, or he will break up the church of God with his willfulness or let it slip into spiritual death through his sloth.

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.

Any of us can see, of course, that there is a conflict in our lives between adventure and discipline, or evil and virtue, or freedom and security. But these are only phrases we use to describe an ambivalence that troubles us, and to which we never seem able to find an answer.