Quotes About Discipline

The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.

He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself. Only he who combines the two proves true.

Through discipline comes freedom.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

If you don't wake up for Fajr, then don't wake up at all

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner.

Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Biblical wisdom means living a disciplined and prudent life in the fear of the Lord

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.