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Discipline Quotes


"You are either going to go through the pain of disappointment or discipline in your life. The latter makes the pain worth it."


"Children are the most reasonable about discipline. When they tell you not to do something, it's always because they know why."


"Creativity muscle needs to be strengthened, and creativity excellence needs to be cultivated."


"Don't be handcuffed by bad habits when you hold the key to unlock the greatness inside of you."


"Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God's warriors than standing still."


"If you have been told that you are late and unreliable more than once, then not only do you lack punctuality, but you also lack decency and seriousness, which is certainly very annoying."



"The level of Personal Responsibility in developed countries is averagely much higher than is seen in developing nations."


"Meditation should be on the same list as brushing your teeth, sleeping and eating. Meditation is an addition to your routine, not a final goal to accomplish. Once meditation is in your routine, then your mind will feel fuzzy if you don't meditate, in the same way that your teeth feel fuzzy when you don't brush."



"Most powerful is he who has himself in his power."


"Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade."


"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."



"The skeleton of success is self-discipline."



"The first obligation for every church is to teach their members the value of hard work."


"Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well maybe once."


"I don't waste food, water, money, time and talent."



"Establish a system of rewards and punishments."


"It takes self-discipline and persistence action to achieve the goal."


"Don't break your discipline, form it!"


"Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of being reread.)"



"Rebuke them that violates the principles of kingdom of God."


"Without self-discipline, your streams of grace become a flood of disgrace. Never let indiscipline weigh you down for critics to pick mockeries on."


"Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision. Strong wind, earthquake-shock, and fire may pass by: but I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience."


"Holding your brain hostage against your own stupidity - that was how to get stuff done."


"Knowing and doing are two separate things, and don't always sync up in life."



"Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add not therefore sauce to sauce. ... Pastime like wine is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head which hath lain fallow all night with some serious work."


"There are limits to self-indulgence none to self-restraint."


"Do not indulge your weaknesses!"


"Prof. Gerd Gleixner said " Lailah recommend that you work every morning on the dissertation in order to meet the deadline. There are only 4 weeks ."


"Be on time! If you have a 15-minute appointment-keep it at fifteen minutes unless there is mutual agreement to continue."



"Discipline is when we limit ourselves, put borders around ourselves."


"Think twice as much as others. Study twice as much as others. Work twice as much as others. Give twice as much as others."


"Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that."


"Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone."


"Self-discipline is a prerequisite to progress."



"We should be disciplined and responsible and then our prosperity will be stable despite any economic crisis, inflation or a change of government."


"There may be a Nurse Ratched-like listing of things that must be done right this moment: foods that must come out of the freezer, appointments that must be canceled or made, hairs that must be tweezed. But you hold an imaginary gun to your head and make yourself stay at the desk."


"Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind to yourself."


"It is better to avoid the temptation than get entangled in the sin."



"It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn't want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering."


"Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction."



"We went about our usual routines - combat practice, volleyball practice, archery practice, strawberry-picking practice (don't ask), lava-wall-climbing practice ... You'll find we practice a lot here."


"As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words."



"I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk."


"Don't be quick to leave the class of discipline, you shall only live to remember the last lesson."



"People who truly serve God embrace light, they fall in love with light, and they proclaim light, they fight with light."


"I'm hurting you to make you a better soldier in every way. To sharpen your wit. To intensify your effort. To keep you off balance, never sure what's going to happen next, so you always have to be ready for anything, ready to improvise, determined to win no matter what. I'm also making you miserable."


"Do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.'Romans 6:12Self-control is one of the great keys to success in life. And since God's Word has a lot to say about it, if you ask Him He will help you to cultivate it. What you struggled with when you were young will be different from the things you struggle with when you're older, but you'll face temptation in one form or another as long as you live. Self-control is one of the nine fruits of the Spirit listed in the Bible (see Galatians 5:22-23). It calls for bringing every aspect of your life under the mastery of the Holy Spirit. It's a lifestyle characterised by discipline, not impulse."


"The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success."
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