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Quotes About Discipline

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.
~ Lois Duncan
Hard work is the price we must pay for success
~ Vince Lombardi
When a thing is not done, continuing to work is the strength; but when it is done, the strength lies in stopping.
~ Eric Maisel
But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love.
~ Frank Langella
I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.
~ Lana Parrilla
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
~ Theodor Adorno
Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?
~ Ann Patchett
You must plan your work and then work your plan.
~ Dave Ramsey
I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.
~ Richard Widmark
I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.
~ Joe Namath
I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.
~ Sloane Crosley
And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.
~ Peter Ustinov
Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any more work. I don't want extra study.
~ Joe Maddon
Most people will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don't be like most people.
~ Jeffrey Gitomer
The quiet people just do their work.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.
~ Frank Zappa
I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.
~ Trisha Goddard
Prayer is the key discipline whereby all spiritual work is done.
~ Chuck Pierce
I don't work out too much. I just do some pushups when I feel the right hook is getting a lil weak.
~ Rakim
I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.
~ Steve Earle
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.
~ Al Kaline
I've never really resented hard work because I've always liked it. Up every morning for roadwork. Going to the gymnasium every day at 12 o'clock. I never change my pattern.
~ Muhammad Ali
If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'
~ Marcus Aurelius
If you are going to experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, it is not just going to be a phrase. You've got to work during meditation. So back to the navel center!
~ Frederick Lenz