Quotes About Discipline

If you knew what those [pork rinds] did to your body, you wouldn't eat them.' 'If you knew when the last time I ate was, you wouldn't bother me.

Maybe it was because I wanted to control one part of me that had been uncontrollable, so the rest of me would fall into line.

Given anything negative or uncertain, there were rules that had to be followed.

Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.

When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.

A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.

Always remember: in life as well as on the mat an unfocused or 'loose' mind wastes energy.

Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.

Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

skill that requires constant practice and proper training. To

Simon curled up by Aunt Dot's chair, but he kept an eye on me in case any sudden disciplinary action should be necessary.

Spoiled children lack a true respect for authority, especially when they do not get what they want when they want it. Their lack of reverence for authority sets them up to be easily offended with God.

What we don't keep in focus before us eventually fades.

As a runner, you have to face the truth about yourself on a regular basis, and it makes you more honest. You can't pretend to be faster than you are. You can't pretend that you are better prepared than you are. You cannot pretend to be a runner, you actually have to run.

The only magic in our lives as runners is the magic of consistency. Not every run will make you feel great.

Whenever I look at Edna O'Brien," continued Mr. Denby-Denby, "I get the impression that she wants to put every man she meets across her knee and give them a good spanking until they show her the proper respect. Oh, to be the bare bottom beneath that alabaster palm!

You were cruel.' 'I was obedient.

the priests said that food was not there to be enjoyed but simply to keep us alive. Simplicity of diet was important.

Our schools and prisons are the only places in the world where time is more important than the job to be done.

committed to a life of honesty, love and discipline, we must be willing to commit ourselves to reality.

There is an anonymous saying, "Of all the masks of freedom, discipline (limits) is the hardest to understand." We cannot be truly free without having limits.

Christian shook his head. "No, I will not. I have laid my hand to the plough and will not look back." (No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. – Luke 9:62)

For if we freely let our lusts reign, it is sin. While it seems bad to hold back such feeling based on our opinions, yet not to do so is worse. When a person stumbles accidentally it is bad enough, but allowing your lusts to go unbridled leads into the snare.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.