274 quotes found
“football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”
“When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart”
“One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.”
“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.”
“In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our hopes not on a belief in his blunders, but on the soundness o...”
“Discipline isn't a dirty word. Far from it. Discipline is the one thing that separates us from chaos and anarchy. Discipline implies timing. It's the precursor to good behavior, and it never comes ...”
“Good habits are worth being fanatical about.”
“Discipline is a fast track to elevation in life.”
“It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.”
“When you give the supply of discipline, life becomes easy for you.”
“Just as a woman's eyes are the mirrors of her soul, her shapely bottom is her seat of learning.”
“Discipline is one of the basic and primary requirements for success in life.”
“The wooden hairbrush has two practical uses, the bristle side to be used on her silken locks, and the harsh, wooden side to be used on her shapely seat of learning”
“No one makes it big without discipline.”
“Discipline is required in all human endeavours.”
“A study of the lives of successful people would show that all successful people are disciplined people.”
“Alex understood such discipline. He knew the rarity of it, and the cost. And on the rare occasions when he happened to touch her, he did wonder what else she might have been, if she had not been so...”
“I do not have it in for relativism. In many respects I find it a fascinating, even attractive, alternative. It engenders epistemological humility, defeats an arrogant pomposity in belief, even prom...”
“Discipline is when we delay our gratifications.”
“Trams and disciplined people always reach their destinations!”