Discipline Quotes - Page 35

• There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.

  Thomas de Quincey

  Fitness, Exercise, Suffering

  Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1854). “De Quincey's Writings: Essays on philosophical writers and other men of letters. 1854-60. [v. 14 stereotyped”, p.50

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• In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Freedom, Inspiration, 4th Of July

  I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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• Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.

  Carl Jung

  Happiness, Acceptance, Simple

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.240, Psychology Press

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• It is clear that history differs from the other disciplines in having
  an approach and not an area of its own.

  Leonard Krieger

  History, Clear, Approach

  Leonard Krieger, M. L. Brick (1992). “Ideas and Events: Professing History”, p.152, University of Chicago Press

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• Sacred Bands and elite squadrons aren't what the mercenaries' guild is about. Field them at your peril.

  Janet Morris

  Jealousy, Excellence, Band

  Janet Morris (1986). “Beyond Sanctuary”, Ace Books

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• Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

  E. B. White

  Work, Learning, Interesting

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• Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Respect, Sacrifice, Views

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

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• Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people.

  Fethullah Gulen

  God, Respect, Spiritual

  M. Fethullah Gülen (2010). “Toward Global Civilization Love Tolerance”, p.56, Tughra Books

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• Historians of a generation ago were often shocked by the violence with which scientists rejected the history of their own subject as irrelevant; they could not understand how the members of any academic profession could fail to be intrigued by the study of their own cultural heritage. What these historians did not grasp was that scientists will welcome the history of science only when it has been demonstrated that this discipline can add to our understanding of science itself and thus help to produce, in some sense, better scientists.

  I. Bernard Cohen

  Science, Understanding, Add

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• Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn't.

  Jim Rohn

  Success, Men, Would Be

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 13, 2015

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• True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self.

  William Butler Yeats

  Love, Believe, Self

  William Butler Yeats (2010). “The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra”, p.343, Simon and Schuster

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• Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Happiness, Motivational Sports, People

  Edwin Percy Whipple (1875). “Success and Its Conditions”, p.198

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• Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.

  Anil Ambani

  Change, Learning, Exercise

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• The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence.

  James Fisher

  Leadership, Confidence, Loyalty

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• People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

  Luciano Pavarotti

  Inspirational, Dance, Commitment

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• To me, this acquirement of nervous, physical, and emotional concentration is the one element possessed to the highest degree by the truly great dancers of the world. Its acquirement is the result of discipline, of energy in the deep sense. That is why there are so few great dancers.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Emotional, Energy

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• I'd like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person ten years from now than I am today. I think that for all of us as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.

  Clint Eastwood

  Thinking, Years, Knowledgeable Person

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• Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Soul, Mind

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.62, Rodale

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• Rather the pain of discipline than the pain of regret.

  Bob Andrews

  Positive, Strength, Pain

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• The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.

  Nido R Qubein

  Inspirational, Pain, Regret

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• To me success would be to be able to do your very best in everything you do.

  Paul Cummings

  Success, Would Be, Able

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• If you are willing to discipline yourself, the physical universe won't need to discipline you.

  Leonard Orr

  Graduation, Needs, Willing

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• The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

  Brian Tracy

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Excellence

  Brian Tracy (1998). “The Gift of Self-Confidence”, p.29, Jaico Publishing House

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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

  Adversity, Self, Want

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• I think that we already have a really good system in town, but I have a vision that it could be even better. My vision is that academic excellence is the area that we should pursue more, coupled with fiscal discipline.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Thinking, Academic Excellence, Vision

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