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Discipline Quotes
"Take your mission and yourself very seriously. Stick to your schedule and keep time. Cut expenditure of time and money from non-core activities and redirect to those that give more value to the pursuit of your purpose. Never embark on your work or a project without a plan, even if it's just a mental plan. Use the old carpenter's rule " "Measure twice and cut once. Do not leave room for substandard results."
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"Thought before word. Never word before thought."
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"A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies and principles set by his profession."
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"Measurements is your saving grace if you want to raise steam."
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"With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war."
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"If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and do so frequently."
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"You have a shot at success if you can discipline yourself to eliminate the limiting thoughts from within and the disempowering words from without."
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"We are in this world not only for ourselves but for others."
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"The journey of life demands diligence; walk in diligence in your entire life endeavors, and don't let your energy just go anywhere at all. Price yourself well! Price your energy well! Price your attention well! Price your time well! Prioritize your moments well! Be humble enough to understand the meaning of life and don't let excessive pride be your lens. Be assertive enough to know what to kowtow to and what never to give your time, attention, energy and emotions to. You were born great; be great!"
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"Only a changed person can live according to the law."
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"Discipline is when we limit ourselves, put borders around ourselves."
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"Be disciplined and effective in your relationship with God."
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"If you cannot score just a point each day, you shall score zero points at the end of your days."
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"Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn't planned or counted on."
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"Growing nails breaks all conducts (aachar). When one conduct breaks, it breaks all other conducts."
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"My purely practical advice: Don't get excited. Don't raise your voice. Bite back. Bite back hard, but never cry."
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"Lose your temper and you lose the fight."
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"There is no gift of principles, you must apply them if you want to move forward."
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"You can do this by disciplining yourself to be selective in what you read, see, hear, say to yourself and the influence of others."
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"I don't waste food, water, money, time and talent."
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"Of all the forces in the universe, the hardest to overcome is the force of habit."
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"Appreciate and value your time because this is the key to success."
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"You need to set a system of rewards and punishment for yourself and your team."
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"The level of Personal Responsibility in developed countries is averagely much higher than is seen in developing nations."
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"Walk away from every vicious act. Never look back."
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"Furnishing was not a priority in the Citadel. Shelves, stools, tables... There was a rumor among the novices that priests towards the top of the hierarchy had golden furniture, but there was no sign of it here. The room was as severe as anything in the novices' quarters although it had, perhaps, a more opulent severity; it wasn't the forced bareness of poverty, but the starkness of intent."
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"Never allow any of your time to be wasted on the frivolities of life."
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"Great people become great due to the framework, routines and habits they have set for themselves."
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"To be lazy is stupid, to be a muscle machine is a crazy thing... and how far we go or father we all the time can find disadvantages and it's own consequences."
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"It is imperative that your work habits from school do not make their way into your book writing process. I am talking about the practice of typing the last words just before the deadline every time you would hand in an assignment, a paper, or even a thesis. Your book needs time to mature, and you must allow yourself the luxury of rewriting and editing until you are satisfied."
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"Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone."
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"You are born to establish the kingdom of love as you subdue the earth."
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"It's always been important for writers to be disciplined but now even more so. In addition to the traditional displacement activities like cleaning the fridge or eating cake writers are faced with a plethora of online possibilities (some of which may be professionally worthwhile as well as interesting and fun). As a writer it's important to learn how to focus so you can do both as and when you need to."
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"Success is in direct proportion to the level of consistency in the application of the daily disciplines and actions required."
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"If you understand that a wasted time is a wasted life, you will start running away from television, you will begin to run away from movies, you will run away from games like criminal case and candy crush."
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"One gains more from a fast than a feast."
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"The standards of this new time are forcing us to put our lives in order before God."
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"The one who straightens out himself will attain moksha [will be liberated]. If you don't straighten out, people will beat you into doing so. The doorway to moksha [ultimate liberation] is narrow, so how will you be able to enter if you are obstinate?"
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"Your daily choices and actions should be rational and productive."
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"Stop sleeping, Get to work! You will have much time to sleep when you die."
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"If you can cope the pride when winning,then you can confront despair when lose."
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"As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words."
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"Excuses fall silent behind self-control, focus, and direction."
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"Self-discipline is about disciplined thoughts."
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"We had laid down the law : no chocolate, no sex."
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"You cannot desire to be great when you cannot even focus on 8 hours of work a day."
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"Even in extreme conditions, we should not act according to the flesh, for it lusts against the spirit."
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"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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