Quotes About Discipline

We overtrained.

In response, Habakkuk wrote one of the greatest expressions of faith in all of Scripture. He finally grasped what God was up to. He was using the wicked to discipline those who were his own in order to bring about godly sorrow and full repentance.

It is good to sit a little longer than you want to so you see the part of your mind that resists practice

But seeing that the mind has wandered is practice.

We woke up every day at 3:00 A.M., and would sit around the clock—fifty minutes of sitting followed by ten minutes of brisk walking—until 11:00 P.M.

Kids are OUT of control because their parents are not IN control.

The fact that you don't have any money is a result of all your other problems. You have thinking problems. Attitude problems. Self-esteem problems. You are lazy. You lack discipline. You lack goals. Your priorities are out of whack. Your biggest problem is not in your wallet or your bank account. Your biggest problem is between your ears. You will fix your money problems when you fix your other problems.

No one ever wrote down a plan to be fat, broke, stupid, lazy, unhappy, and mediocre. Those are the things that happen to you when you don't have a plan.

What it takes that most people aren't willing to give is work. Hard work. Work on yourself, work on your life, and working while you are at work.

I made a deal that I would spend money on only one thing: getting smarter. I bought books. I would skip a meal and skip watching television, but I wouldn't skip an investment in my brain.

All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start in the business, get success without getting a big head and learn your craft.

I was told to stay away from pasta and bread for two weeks. Not eating pasta? That'll kill me. Anything else, but why pasta?

One shot, one kill," Jonah said. "That's the sniper motto.

When Louie was in his sixties, he was still climbing Cahuenga Peak every week and running a mile in under six minutes.

Seabiscuit took to stomping and bellowing for food day and night. His moans rang off the barn walls and worked on everyone's nerves, but no one gave in. "The whole ranch became centered on the job," Howard said. "Even the pigs quit grunting at him and the chickens kept out of his way.

Distinguish between your child and his behavior. Always acknowledge behavior that you want to reinforce - not the child for doing what he did. For example, rather than saying "What a good boy for dressing yourself!", say "Hey that's good dressing!

Getting things down to routines and habits takes willpower at first but in the long run conserves willpower," says Baumeister.

Your turn GIVE YOURSELF A BEDTIME Planning questions: What time would you like to wake up most mornings? About how many hours of sleep do you need on an average night? What time do you generally need to be in bed in order to get this amount of sleep? This is your bedtime.

know that discipline isn't exactly a fun concept, but this skill of picturing yourself on

some research has suggested that we become less disciplined as the day goes on. Turning off the TV and going upstairs to brush teeth takes energy at a time

En cuanto las actividades se hacen habituales, comienzan a operar como procesos automáticos, los cuales consumen menos fuerza de voluntad.

As with the principals tracking their time, it is this second step, envisioning how a schedule could look, and the third step, holding yourself daily to this design, that leads to time freedom.

Your turn THREE TIMES A WEEK IS A HABIT Planning questions: List some activities you'd like to do more frequently in your life. Choose one specific activity to focus on for the next week. When did you last do this activity?

It's true," said Freddie Humbert. "Kids nowadays have got no ability to listen to simple instructions." "Here you go, Dad," said Quent, returning with a tray of drinks. "Two martinis, one with extra olives, one with no olives, one mineral water, ice, and a twist of lime, and a jade juice, no fruit.