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Discipline Quotes

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When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
Angela Davis

When youth attend educational institutions that prioritize order and safety above academics and mental progression, they are attending academies for incarceration.
Authors on Discipline Quotes: Jim Rohn Brian Tracy Dalai Lama John C. Maxwell Richard J. Foster Gautama Buddha Henri Nouwen Swami Vivekananda M. Scott Peck Jiddu Krishnamurti Charlie Munger Janet Morris Rajneesh John Wooden Seth Klarman Matthew Kelly Wes Fesler Vince Lombardi Mahatma Gandhi Maria Montessori James C. Collins Zig Ziglar Aiden Wilson Tozer Sathya Sai Baba Gordon B. Hinckley George S. Patton Pat Summitt Frederick Lenz Darren Hardy Anna Deavere Smith Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra William Feather Karen Armstrong
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The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.
Harry Wong

The paramount difficulty in the classroom is not order; it is the absence of guidelines and rituals.
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Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!
Zig Ziglar

Adhere to your commitments and you will eventually gain the autonomy to pursue your desires.
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With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

With trust, commitment and altruistic dedication to obligation, there is nothing of value that you cannot accomplish.
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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.
John Wesley

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Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.
Carlos Castaneda

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Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not inherently sinful) puts us in control of our appetites rather than vice versa. It deposes our lust and permits truth, virtue, and integrity to rule our minds instead.
John F. MacArthur

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Good design is a matter of discipline. It starts by looking at the problem and collecting all the available information about it. If you understand the problem, you have the solution. It’s really more about logic than imagination.
Massimo Vignelli

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A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
Alan Turing

A person equipped with writing implements, subject to rigorous regulation, is essentially a universal automaton.
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There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.
Massimo Vignelli

'No blueprint can be constructed without dedication. No dedication is complete without wisdom.'
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Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'
Adrian Rogers

Control states, 'I must.'
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The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.
John Locke

The utmost invaluable commodity is dominion over one's own self.
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Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.
Denzel Washington

Ambitions on the journey to success cannot be accomplished without dedication and dependability.
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Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.
Pat Summitt

Self-control yourself, so no one else has to.
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The discipline of suffering, of great suffering- do you not know that only this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far? That tension of the soul in unhappiness which cultivates its strength, its shudders face to face with great ruin, its inventiveness and courage in enduring, preserving, interpreting, and exploiting suffering, and whatever has been granted to it of profundity, secret, mask, spirit, cunning, greatness- was it not granted to it through suffering, through the discipline of great suffering?
Friedrich Nietzsche

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With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

In terms of military regulation, I can confidently state that there was no adherence in the Continental Army.
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Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life
Charlotte Mason

'Training is an environment, a regimen, an existence.'
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I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.
Nikola Tesla

I attained success in my life only through rigorous self-control, and I persisted until my ambition and determination coalesced into a unified force.
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It is important to receive God's arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God's arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
Watchman Nee

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There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
Louis XIV

'One who can master themselves is unstoppable.'
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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.
George S. Patton

'You cannot be exacting in matters of consequence and lax in matters of trifling importance.'
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There is no difference between a hero and a coward in what they feel. It’s what they do that makes them different. The hero and the coward feel exactly the same, but you have to have the discipline to do what a hero does and to keep yourself from doing what the coward does.
Cus D'Amato

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To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of God - that is the mark of a man.
Tom Landry

To lead an ordered existence, and to acknowledge the consequence of that orderliness as divinely ordained - that is a hallmark of a true individual.
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In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.
Thomas Merton

In a realm of clamor, disarray and strife it is essential that there be spaces of serenity, self-control and tranquility. In such locations amity can flourish.
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Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
Bernard Law Montgomery

Self-control fortifies the intellect so that it is resistant to the deteriorating effects of apprehension.
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Just because I like sushi, doesn't mean I can make sushi. I've come to well understand how many years just to get sushi rice correct. It's a discipline that takes years and years and years. So, I leave that to the experts.
Anthony Bourdain

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Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.
Abraham Lincoln

Self-restraint is selecting between what you desire presently, and what you crave most.
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Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.
Erich Fromm

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When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.
Haim Ginott

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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
Bobby Knight

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Discipline is the highest form of love. If you really love someone, you have to give them the level of discipline they need.
Tom Izzo

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Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.
Rabindranath Tagore

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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
Karl Lagerfeld

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If you don’t know your purpose, discover it, now. The core of your life is your purpose. Everything in your life, from your diet to your career, must be aligned with your purpose if you are to act with coherence and integrity in the world. If you know your purpose, your deepest desire, then the secret of success is to discipline your life so that you support your deepest purpose and minimize distractions and detours.
David Deida

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Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.
Rickson Gracie

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It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.
Murray Rothbard

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The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion, the steadfast and willing devotion to the labor that makes the classwork not a gymnastic hour and a half, or at the lowest level, a daily drudgery, but a devotion that allows the classroom discipline to become moments of dancing too.
Merce Cunningham

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God uses suffering to purge sin from our lives, strengthen our commitment to Him, force us to depend on grace, bind us together with other believers, produce discernment, foster sensitivity, discipline our minds, spend our time wisely, stretch our hope, cause us to know Christ better, make us long for truth, lead us to repentance of sin, teach us to give thanks in time of sorrow, increase faith, and strengthen character.
Joni Eareckson Tada

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All change begins with a DECISION. Once the decision is made, DISCIPLINE becomes the bridge between desire and accomplishment.
A. R. Bernard

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Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire specific habits of order, discipline, and work.
Antonio Gramsci

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Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
John C. Maxwell

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If you have total freedom, then you are in trouble. It's much better when you have some obligation, some discipline, some rules. When you have no rules, then you start to build your own rules.
Renzo Piano

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Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior.
Nick Saban

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Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.
Andy Andrews

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Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
Patrick Lencioni

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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.
Adam Smith

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Obsessive use of meditative disciplines or perennial study of scripture and philosophy will never bring forth this wonderful realization, this truth which is natural to awareness, because the mind that desperately desires to reach another realm or level of experience inadvertently ignores the basic light that constitutes all experience.
Tilopa

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People are tired of liberty. They have had a surfeit of it. Liberty is no longer a chaste and austere virgin.... Today's youth are moved by other slogans...Order, Hierarchy, Discipline.
Benito Mussolini

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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
Dogen

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When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
Horace