Discipline Quotes - Page 14

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.

He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end.

My son Hannibal will be a great general, because of all my soldiers he best knows how to obey.

There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial in the face of the unity of knowledge. All literate men are sustained by the philosopher, the historian, the political analyst, the economist, the scientist, the poet, the artisan and the musician.

It is in order to really see, to see ever deeper, ever more intensely, hence to be fully aware and alive, that I draw what the Chinese call 'The Ten Thousand Things' around me. Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world. I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.

God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.

By developing your discipline and courage, you can refuse to let other people's mood swings govern your financial destiny. In the end, how your investments behave is much less important than how you behave.

It's mental discipline that sets one apart, the ability to think differently and to generate energy in the right direction.

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.

Progress is not possible without discipline. A nation, institution, family or individual can advance only by heeding the words of those who deserve respect and by obeying the appropriate rules and regulations. Children, obedience is not weakness. Obedience with humility leads to discipline.

Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word.

Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.

It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.

Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.

A sense of thrift is essential to success in business. The businessman must discipline himself to practice economy whenever possible, in his personal life as well as his business affairs.

The person who properly disciplines himself to do those things that he does not especially care to do, becomes successful.

Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.

Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.

Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.