Discipline Quotes

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.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.

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.

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.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.

However, lifestyle intervention requires discipline with a tangible end result that is within reach. It requires personal resolve, a lifelong commitment.