Discipline Quotes
For five years Isaac had been working eighteen hours a day.
To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.
Our minds must be set always to seek the will of the Lord. Following the progressive discipline revealed through the Bible will result in a walk of obedience to God.
It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.
Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.
Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future . . .In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship means a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross.
Many Christians want the benefits of their belief, but they hesitate at the cost of discipleship.
To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.
We are commissioned to make disciples, to bring them into the same direct relationship with Christ as those who left their nets and their fishing boats to become “fishers of men.
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
As she put it, she knew of nothing so ravishing as having a child whom she could whip whenever she was in a bad mood.("The Queen Fantasque")
Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses
Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better.
There is no study that is not capable of delighting us, after a little application to it.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.
Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.
The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.
football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength.
I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Up in that room I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about. I was trying to do this all the time I was writing, and it was good and severe discipline.
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited.
Patience, discipline - giving everything on court... This is what I'm trying to bring in every single match.
Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.
Make a list of goals for every year, tick them off & reward yourself when you achieve each one. Will give much discipline in your life.
Never base motivation or fear, entirely.
I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.
I discipline my mind to see past distractions, to scrutinize deceptive tendencies and to pay careful attention to details whether I am conversing with others or I’m just a passive observer.
God will never disappoint us. He loves us and has only one purpose for us : holiness, which in His kingdom equals joy.
John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well as we can, we certainly will not submit to His discipline.
