logo

Quotes About Discipline

He learned to always keep his hands steady. It didn't matter how much blood was in the room, or who was giving orders, or if he knew what was coming, he'd learned absolute control. Absolute.
~ Christine Feehan
Tears swam in her sky blue eyes and his heart squeezed down like a vise. It took every ounce of discipline he possessed not to press his palm over his chest. "Damn it," he swore at her between clenched teeth. "Stop with the tears." She had to stop. He felt a little desperate. -Airiana & Maxim
~ Christine Feehan
Does anyone in this room remember they're in the military?" Griffen demanded. "Occasionally," Mack said, "when we get bad intel.
~ Christine Feehan
She drew her knees up and dropped her chin on the top of them, smiling at him. Watching him. Caressing him with soft eyes. You're going to go out there and act all tough, aren't you? That's my intention, yes. He slipped a knife into his boots. It took discipline to keep his face pure stone when she made him want to laugh. -Lexi & Gavriil
~ Christine Feehan
Vittorio practiced discipline at all times. This was one of those times when he needed to stay very calm. Deep inside, the volcano that could emerge was at a boiling point.
~ Christine Feehan
The corporal's morale is excellent verging on sublime, sir.
~ Christopher Buckley
We're the police, we don't thump people.
~ Christopher Fowler
The finest fury is the most controlled.
~ Christopher Hitchens
But we do believe in religion—at least for other people. It is a means of marketing hope, and of instilling ethical precepts on the cheap. It is also a form of discipline.
~ Christopher Hitchens
Ima glavu kriminalca!" "A vi mislite da bi ljude sa glavom kriminalca trebalo pustiti da postanu kriminalci?" "Nipošto. Ja vjerujem u disciplinu. Ove bi dje?ake trebalo smještati u radne logore." "A šta ?ete po?eti s njima kada budu tamo? Kažete da se ionako ne mogu promijeniti, pa vjerujem da biste ih zadržali zatvorene do kraja njihovog života?
~ Christopher Isherwood
TAMBURLAINE. [to BAJAZETH] Soft sir, you must be dieted, too much eating will make you surfeit. THERIDAMAS. So it would my lord, specially having so smal a walke, and so litle exercise.
~ Christopher Marlowe
As a teacher of fourth-graders in a public school, where corporal punishement was not allowed, she had years of violence stored up and was, truth be told, sort of enjoying letting it out on Kona, who she felt could have been the poster child for the failure of public education.
~ Christopher Moore
People thought I was one of those people who beats their kid in department stores." "Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates.
~ Christopher Moore
You have to reward them when they do what you want. I tried punishing them when they misbehaved, but the hammer seemed to crush their spirit.
~ Christopher Moore
Which goes to show you, right there, the difference between sailors and marines: marines are fucking stupid. Running when you don't have to.
~ Christopher Moore
Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates.
~ Christopher Moore
He and two of the older monks who had been soldiers devised for Joshua a regimen of weaponless fighting that involved no offense or striking at all, but instead channeled the energy of an attacker away from oneself. Since the new art was practiced only by Joshua (and sometimes myself), the monks called it Jew-dô, meaning the way of the Jew.
~ Christopher Moore
Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.
~ Christopher Paolini
Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry
~ Christopher Paolini
The way of the warrior is the way of knowing. If that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper. Pain and frustration will be your only reward if you try.
~ Christopher Paolini
Anger has its place, but it will not help you here. The way of the warrior is the way of knowing. If that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper. Pain and frustration will be your only reward if you try.
~ Christopher Paolini
Let me tell you. The military accepts everyone who volunteers, assuming they meet the basic requirements. That means, at one end of the spectrum, you get people who would just as soon cut your throat as shake your hand. And at the other end of the spectrum, you get people so timid they wouldn't hurt a fly. And what the military does is teach both of them how and when to apply violence.
~ Christopher Paolini
On the other hand, if love did not mature it could lead to bondage, to jealousy. If you loved someone, but felt possessive of them, you could end up treating them like an object that belonged to you. Just as bad, with your children, if you showered them with too much love, and never disciplined them, they would grow up weak and spoiled. At times, love had to be tough, or it could end up wrecking those dearest to you.
~ Christopher Pike
It takes patience and a calm environment. It takes strength and stamina. It takes respect and kindness. It takes responsibility and discipline. It takes attention and keen observation. It takes time and practice—a lot of doing it wrong before you get it right. And it takes listening to your own intuition. Notice how often
~ Tracy Hogg