Quotes About Discipline

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

There are 7 days in a week but someday isn't one of them.

It's imperative that we limit overtly recreational activities that do not lead to constructive results.

The old antiques dealer whispers to him that the secret of freedom and happiness lies in self-control and in a marriage between knowledge, will and power.

caught hold of myself and nearly laughed at how ridiculous it all seemed. Colin was right—it was time I returned to my studies. Idle hands indeed proved the devil's tools.

The first training, ethics (also called ethical conduct or moral discipline) is crucial in developing the second and the third, concentration and wisdom, and as such is really the foundation for the other two.

just because mindfulness is simple does not mean that it is easy.

But the people in the old country love their children. We have big families, and by the time a child is a year old he knows where he fits in the family and what he should do and what he shouldn't do. He knows his parents love him but that they're not going to stand for any nonsense and tantrums. So he is satisfied and feels safe. American children never feel safe." -The Listener

Being a Boglehead requires planning, commitment, patience, and long-term thinking.

What most young people don't understand is that SAVING is more important in the beginning than finding the best performing investment. Having the ability to "Pay yourself first," manage your debt load, and determine a vision of what you want to accomplish is vital to your success.

At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds.

Just being a human being, Ive realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you couldve just said no.

Playtime's over, Jax," she says. "Time to do your homework.

Don't do that again" may well be the most potent jazz mantra, a guidepost for the musician who seeks the highest peaks of artistic transcendence.

I have to write in order to keep from playing. It's a simple formula. If I play I lose even if I win. If I write I win even if I lose.

As Kevin Behan writes in his book Natural Dog Training, "To Master a dog, we must be decisive and control everything that the dog learns so the dog will have no opportunity but to learn what we want him to.

She advises micro-managing every detail of a dog's life down to training it to eliminate on command. Why do we need to oversee dogs in this fashion? Because, she answers, they have "little, smoothish lemon brains," not at all like the "convoluted, melon brains" that allow humans to think.

we can develop willpower skills. It's more about strategy than grit or impulses. While we can't control what we think and feel, we can control what we do—which is where strategy comes into play.

The central focus of childrearing is to bring children to a sober assessment of themselves as sinners.

you may never use your children to promote your convictions. The purpose of discipline is not evangelism. The purpose of discipline is to shepherd your children.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

You only muddy the waters when the bottom line in discipline is your displeasure over their behavior, rather than God's displeasure with rebellion against his ordained authority.

If you correct and discipline your children because God mandates it, then you need not clutter up the task with your anger. Correction is not displaying your anger at their offenses; it is rather reminding them that their sinful behavior offends God. It is bringing his censure of sin to these subjects of his realm. He is the King. They must obey.

please someone else.