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Quotes About Discipline

And from plunder and drunkenness to breaking out entirely and even to mutiny itself is not a terrible long way further. Mutinies always happen in ships where the discipline is either too lax or too severe.
~ Patrick O'Brian
A commander is obeyed by his officers because he is himself obeying; the thing is not in its essence personal; and so down. If he does not obey, the chain weakens. How grave I am, for all love.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Dr Maturin is admirably strict,' said Jack. 'He often desires me to have the men flogged, to overcome their torpor and to open their veins both at the same time. A hundred lashes at the gangway is worth a stone of brimstone and treacle, we always say.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Can I Inadvertently Blow Things Up? You bet. One of the easiest ways to do so is to fail to follow good reloading habits.
~ Unknown
You can't discipline the whole country. Still, Moss said dreamily, that's what must be done before they can ever accomplish anything.
~ Paul Bowles
It is far more sinful to pray irregularly than not to pray at all.
~ Paul Bowles
People who really believe that they can't afford the time to train don't have their priorities right. Given the benefits to your health, strength and life in general, you need to ask yourself whether you can afford not to train!
~ Unknown
The time for excuses is over. I'm not going to take them. In prison, we had no time for weakness. The kind of emotional and physical vulnerabilities people on the outside seem to wear as badges of honor would have been seen as invitations to attack and humiliation. None of this is acceptable for a student of my system.
~ Unknown
True brawn and power are developed by hard training sessions, not by long training sessions. Quality over quantity is an excellent motto for strength.
~ Unknown
Nothing built by man has ever improved on the ancient classic fingertip pushup
~ Unknown
Being able to flip up against a wall and start doing handstand pushups is cool.
~ Unknown
if your training isn't gradually lessening the pain in your life, you're doing something wrong.
~ Unknown
no art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.
~ Paul Graham
Public school teachers are in much the same position as prison wardens.
~ Paul Graham
This is a good plan for life in general. If you have two choices, choose the harder. If you're trying to decide whether to go out running or sit home and watch TV, go running. Probably the reason this trick works so well is that when you have two choices and one is harder, the only reason you're even considering the other is laziness. You know in the back of your mind what's the right thing to do, and this trick merely forces you to acknowledge it.
~ Paul Graham
no art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it."1
~ Paul Graham
Neoliberalism's guiding principle is not free markets, nor fiscal discipline, nor sound money, nor privatization and offshoring – not even globalization. All these things were byproducts or weapons of its main endeavour: to remove organized labour from the equation.
~ Unknown
You need to be technically and tactically proficient with all your weapon systems and set the standard for the newbie on the team. They should aspire to be like you one day. If you live the example, you set the stage for success. You also take away all the excuses, should anyone want to fall back on one.
~ Unknown
You must also understand that with muscle memory, at least two to three thousand repetitions are necessary to help master a simple skill.
~ Unknown
As noted earlier, current theory states that it takes two thousand to three thousand repetitions to master a physical act or develop physical "muscle memory." I believe it takes an equal amount of "mental muscle memory" to ingrain a thought process or act.
~ Unknown
Do not dwell on dying. Focus on your training and what you are going to do to ensure your survival.
~ Unknown
side of Plato: The strongest principle is that everybody, whether they are male or female, should have a leader. Likewise, no one should get into the habit of doing anything at all on his own initiative – either in earnest or in jest. Both in war and during time of peace, he should respect his leader and follow him faithfully. He should look up to his leader and follow his guidance in even the smallest matters. For example, he should get up, move around, wash
~ Unknown
Here at Sudan the students humiliated their teachers,' she said. 'But in the high schools it was not unknown for students to beat their teachers to death.
~ Paul Theroux
To become really good at anything,you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive
~ Paulo Coelho