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Quotes About Discipline

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
~ Ralph Richardson
In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.
~ Bill Kovach
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.
~ Unknown
For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'
~ Helio Gracie
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.
~ Leontyne Price
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
~ Alexander Alekhine
At culinary school, none of the things we use to define ourselves outside that world - actor, producer, student - none of that matters. It's a magical art form.
~ Eric Christian Olsen
I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around.
~ Kevin McKenzie
To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant
~ Taisen Deshimaru
A true Grandmaster is a person who starts the arts at a very young age and continues it until their body will no longer allows it. Then they still contribute mentally to the art.
~ Choi Hong Hi
Without Unceasing Practice nothing can be done. Practice is Art. If you leave off you are lost.
~ William Blake
The way is in training.
~ Miyamoto Musashi
Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.
~ Alexander Alekhine
Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art.
~ Chael Sonnen
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.
~ Steven Seagal
If you train 100% the result will be 100%.
~ Anderson Silva
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
~ Bruce Lee
Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.
~ Gichin Funakoshi
I have not permitted myself to be ignorant of any martial art that exists. Why? Such ignorance is a disgrace to someone who follows the path of the martial arts.
~ Mas Oyama
The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and the brute.
~ Charles Baudelaire
1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan
~ Mas Oyama
Punch a black belt in the face, he becomes a brown belt. Punch him again, purple.
~ Carlson Gracie
I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
~ Gail Porter
Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo
~ Ed Parker