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Discipline Quotes
"You must be willing to be disciplined as well as make personal sacrifices. It takes discipline to go through rigorous training and study programs. You need a coach or coaches and sometimes mates to help you stick to your planned program in execution of your responsibilities. To be excellent and effective, the non-essentials must give up time and space in your life " some sacrifices have to be made. Work hard and work smart."
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"Thought before word. Never word before thought."
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"You must stop been so carnal and learn to say no to people, if it concerns the things of God."
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"We had laid down the law : no chocolate, no sex."
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"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship."
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"Self-discipline is nothing but self-consciousness."
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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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"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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"With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war."
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"It is better to remain silence than to speak rudely when being provoked."
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"You need to set a system of rewards and punishment for yourself and your team."
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"Be disciplined and effective in your relationship with God."
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"Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else's life when you can't stick to your own goals and resolutions?"
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"Your lack of commitment to being different is what kills you. It is the insanity of doing the same thing every time and expecting a different result that wastes your time."
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"Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in."
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"Great people become great due to the framework, routines and habits they have set for themselves."
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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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"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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"Lose your temper and you lose the fight."
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"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."
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"There is no gift of principles, you must apply them if you want to move forward."
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"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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"Your daily choices and actions should be rational and productive."
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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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"The first person you have to conquer is you. This is because when at last you win over million people, the first person to bring you down could be you. Discipline yourself!"
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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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"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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"Appreciate and value your time because this is the key to success."
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"If you always want to have whatever you want any time you want it with no delays, and denial of self, you would end up ruining your life."
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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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"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 are faithful in little things, then you will be given a bigger commitment."
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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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"The standards of this new time are forcing us to put our lives in order before God."
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"Always work and take productive actions."
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"Of all the forces in the universe, the hardest to overcome is the force of habit."
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"Stop sleeping, Get to work! You will have much time to sleep when you die."
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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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"Excuses fall silent behind self-control, focus, and direction."
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"Only a changed person can live according to the law."
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"Self-discipline is about disciplined thoughts."
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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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"Every unit of time that passes daily should be accounted for."
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"Growing nails breaks all conducts (aachar). When one conduct breaks, it breaks all other conducts."
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