Quotes about discipline

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."

Andrews, Julie on discipline
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"What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."

Aristotle on discipline
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"If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside."

Athens, Critias of on discipline   

"No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself."

Beecher, Henry Ward on discipline   

"The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. [Proverbs 29:15]"

Bible on discipline   

"No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character."

Bonnell, John S. on discipline   

"Temperance is a bridle of gold."

Burton on discipline   

"No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve."

Cervantes, Miguel De on discipline   

"Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing."

Chapian, Marie on discipline
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"No one is free who does not lord over himself."

Claudius on discipline   

"So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational."

Cooley, Charles Horton on discipline   

"Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory."

Durant, William J. on discipline   

"Self-command is the main discipline."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on discipline
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"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater."

Epictetus on discipline
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"If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us."

Feather, William on discipline
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"Without discipline, there is no life at all."

Hepburn, Katharine on discipline
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"Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself."

Herder, Johann Gottfried Von on discipline   

"Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

Heschel, Abraham J. on discipline   

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

Horace on discipline   

"Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men."

Jarry, Alfred on discipline   

"He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory."

Jyrus on discipline   

"What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are. What we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline."

Liddon, Henry Parry on discipline
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"There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself."

Louis XIV on discipline   

"Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances."

Lowell, James Russell on discipline
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"Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on discipline   

"Discipline must come through liberty. We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as artificially silent as a mute and as immovable as a paralytic. He is an individual annihilated, not disciplined."

Montessori, Maria on discipline   

"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."

Niro, Robert De on discipline
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"If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it."

Penn, William on discipline   

"The only discipline that last is self discipline."

Phillips, Bum on discipline   

"A colt is worth little if it does not break its halter."

Proverb on discipline   

"Who loves well, chastises well."

Proverb, French on discipline   

"He who lives without discipline dies without honor."

Proverb, Icelandic on discipline   

"To know how to dispense with things is to possess them."

Regnard, Jean Francois on discipline   

"One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top."

Richards, Bob on discipline   

"Discipline is not a nasty word."

Riley, Pat on discipline   

"It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets."

Rudolph, Wilma on discipline   

"Anybody who gets away with something will come back to get away with a little bit more."

Schoenberg, Harold on discipline   

"If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once."

Scott, Sir Walter on discipline   

"No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may mot be subdued by discipline."

Seneca on discipline   

"Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement."

Smith, Hannah Whitall on discipline