Discipline Quotes
It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts.
wonderful people are made, not born – that the people I admired had achieved an unfakeable inner virtue, built slowly from specific moral and spiritual accomplishments.
Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.
If you do not acquire good training in detachment, you may attach to all the wrong things.
Sleep on it until your thoughts are rational and your tongue is capable of speaking only kindness and truth.
Discipline, not the Muse, results in productivity. If you write only when she beckons, your writing is not yours at all.
Whatever you abuse will return to hunt you. Cultivate the self discipline to use everything within the environment God created them for.
The promises you speak over your children can take on the weight of destiny.
What was it St. Augustine said? "The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.
Oh, my father, such a difficult man.His world turned on his axis.From "The Father Tamer" in BREATHE IN
The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one’s own most intimate sensitivity.
I always wondered. If…” Her mouth was on autopilot.“If what, Ella?”“If I crossed your mind wherever you were.”“You don’t cross my mind, Ella. You live in it.” He tugged her closer to him.
Those tingles she’d felt in her abdomen spread lower. Her body recognised her lover’s voice, wanted him.
He seemed to think that spanking solved problems instead of taking the time to talk about them.
He seemed to think that spanking soled problems instead of taking the time to talk about them.
The disciplined soul hardly needs "Yoga" to control the body it temporarily resides in.
don't ever think that you're a single in total freedom, but think of combating the forces of lust.
Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.
The discipline of focus that is necessary to think profoundly is certainly difficult for many people to achieve.
When enough is not enough, a Hedonist is born.
Anyone who has ever achieved anything has been a steward of his potential.
... the best education is self-discipline with good principles through human university.
In the heir's world, where everything was available, the unattainable had a wild allure.
You are either going to go through the pain of disappointment or discipline in your life. The latter makes the pain worth it.
He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.
He denounced self-pity and pitied himself.
It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.
Just as a woman's eyes are the mirrors of her soul, her shapely bottom is her seat of learning.
The wooden hairbrush has two practical uses, the bristle side to be used on her silken locks, and the harsh, wooden side to be used on her shapely seat of learning
When you discipline a child, you prepare them for a responsible and accountable adulthood.
Make yourself a slave to good habits
With practice, you build the road to accomplish your goals. Excellence lives in attention to detail. Give your all, all the time. Don't save anything for the walk home.
Oddly, with discipline, structure, and order, you will find freedom, anything is possible. Without it, locating your saddle may take all morning.
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.
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.
ability is of no value without discipline. Winning has no style or substance without humility.