Discipline Quotes - Page 9

Those who have nothing have only their discipline.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.

Teach the Scriptures to your children daily, discipline your children consistently, and love your children unconditionally. If you do these things, you will have acted biblically.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.

The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of the discipline.

No one has more time than you have. It is the discipline and stewardship of your time that is important. The management of time is the management of self; therefore if you manage time with God, he will begin to manage you.

Every problem contains a solution. The key is self-discipline and surrender of the mental habits to the Holy Spirit.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

I find anthropology is a marvellous discipline to shock me out of my own world into another world.

The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.

A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it may be sharp. And men do not like grinding; but they are dull for the purposes which God designs to work out with them, and therefore He is grinding them.

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person.

Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.

Fasting from any nourishment, activity, involvement or pursuit—for any season—sets the stage for God to appear. Fasting is not a tool to pry wisdom out of God's hands or to force needed insight about a decision. Fasting is not a tool for gaining discipline or developing piety (whatever that might be). Instead, fasting is the bulimic act of ridding ourselves of our fullness to attune our senses to the mysteries that swirl in and around us."—Dan B. Allender, PhD

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.

The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.

There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement would be impossibly expensive and burdensome. This approach leads to diminished freedom for everyone...In the end, it is only an internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms of societal decay. Societies will struggle in vain to establish the common good until sin is denounced as sin and moral discipline takes its place in the pantheon of civic virtues.

It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.

When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.