Quotes About Discipline

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then you can have all the talent in the world, and you aren't going to finish a book.

teacher and the guard." He nodded.

It's praise and punish. It's how they get you to do what they want, how they train you.

he'd pack up the rest of his clothes, his workout gear. He'd get serious about

Without rules, chaos.' With chaos, life.

Despite my lifetime of declining rich desserts, my evenings spent jogging, regardless of all my careful moderation and self-discipline—I'm trapped, wadded inside a shell of steel and aluminum. My body, violated in countless places by fragments of broken glass. My low-cholesterol blood rushes to abandon me in hot, leaping spurts. Despite all my care, the heart-attack victim and I will both be just as dead.

The se­cret is to not let your imag­ina­tion get car­ried away.

Silence. Give me control. Give me calm. Give me restraint. Flash.

La repetición es la madre de todos los talentos.

Maybe what I liked most about dancing is the rules. In a world where anything goes, here are solid arbitrary rules.

Masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.

The secret is to not let your imagination get carried away.

Con todo, uno puede ser un chaval que se la está cascando y al cabo de un momento ya nunca podrá ser abogado.

Although slothful and ignorant, the enlisted men are cunning and devious and bear watching at all times,'" Doc said.

The woman standing there is in a crisp admiral's uniform. She's dark-skinned, with cold brown eyes to match.

Shut up and write.

Before you can truly submit, you must learn to control your reactions, your responses, your desires and your needs. Before you give yourself fully to another, you must first become the master of yourself." He

expose. The pose looked deceptively simple—just kneeling with hands behind the head and knees spread wide, but it could be challenging to hold for long periods. It was a pleasing pose.

hands pose for now, which was an endurance pose, forcing the sub to hold their arms out in front of them, elbows bent and touching, palms upturned. Placing an object, like a book, on their palms, made it even more difficult. If they failed to maintain the position for the prescribed time period, they would, of course, be punished.

Floor," he said instead. It took her a moment to react. Then, with a small nod, she lay face down on the mat and crossed her wrists behind her back.

Now, pull the knife toward you—never push it. You want to hold your blade the way an artist holds and controls a paintbrush. You have to anticipate a sudden flinch, jerk or quiver so that any cut is intentional, never accidental. Your sub is your precious canvas, and you want to be creative while always maintaining full control." Mark

This isn't a game. If you sign on, your body will no longer be your own. Modesty has no place, none whatsoever, in a slave's repertoire. You will do as you're told, when you're told, or be punished. If this isn't something you think you can handle, you'd better face that right now.

Remove your shoes and place them beside the mat. Then you will kneel, ass on your heels, knees spread wide, hands resting on your thighs palms up, eyes on the floor. You will wait here until we are ready for you. You will not move out of position until directed to do so. You will not speak unless spoken to directly and a response is required. Is that understood?

Next you will assume the position we call kneel forward. Keeping your legs spread wide, you basically assume a plank pose, but remain on your knees. It can be challenging to hold for an extended period of time.