Discipline Quotes

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.

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

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals.

The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline.

We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

Coming over to Europe you can always put on weight really easily because you are not doing your normal routine at home. It is just a bit more discipline and not eating breads and pastas which are my favourite foods in the entire world.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

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

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

When you're doing that you lose your focus on the discipline of the business, and how you train people at Hamburger University, and everybody gets on a bigger, different vision, and they're not on the same page.

And so if your competitors aren't growing, if there isn't a competitive reason to grow, and you want focus and discipline to add customers to existing stores, you adjust your strategy.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.