Discipline Quotes

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.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline.

Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

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.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all, is not less valiant than they were, although his skill in the discipline of war was not so much, not being bred therein.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

I love being in a show. I love the community aspect of it. I like the discipline of it, too.

I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.

If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I just stopped eating and showed a little discipline I would be thin. But there's not a hell of a lot I can do about being short. You just gotta run with it.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

Women may give lip service to wanting husbands who take on an equal role in raising children, but many will pull rank when an important decision, like how to discipline or what baby sitter to hire, has to be made.

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline.

I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline.