Discipline Quotes - Page 6

• Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

  George Washington

  Military, War, 4th Of July

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.24, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

  Plato

  Plato, Work, Acceptance

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• You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it.

  Mike Ditka

  Sports, Taken, Exercise

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• Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Self, Soldier, Quality

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• I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.

  John Malkovich

  Stupid, Thinking, Self

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• Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

  Bertrand Russell

  Mind, Willpower, Habit

  Bertrand Russell (2014). “On Education”, p.26, Routledge

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

  Henry Parry Liddon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Order, Demand, Rebellious

  1970 Stilwell and the American Experience in China, pt.1, ch.1.

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• Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

  Clint Eastwood

  Respect, Self, Inspirational Celebrity

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• The time is always right to do what is right.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  "This Dallas Boy's MLK Jr. Speech Is Such A Sweet Message For Today's World" by Sarah Friedmann, www.bustle.com. January 2018.

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• The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.

  Alexander Paterson

  Motivational, Men, Secret

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

  Will Durant

  Mother, Memories, Tired

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• Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

  Claude Adrien Helvetius

  Art, Military, Soldier

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• This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom.

  John Viney

  Self, Goal, Training

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• Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

  Bill Hybels

  Heaven, Doe, Rewards

  Bill Hybels, Life work journal, Charles R. Swindoll, Larry Burkett (2000). “The Life@work Book”, W Publishing Group

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• Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Reason, Should, Appetite

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.52

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• There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

  Vince Lombardi

  Men

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.

  Suzanne Vega

  Mother, Wife, Doe

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• Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.

  George Shearing

  Thinking, Perfect, Retention

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• I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.

  Alan Shepard

  School, Thinking, Achievement

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• You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.

  Jim Cantalupo

  Running, Focus, Customers

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• My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

  Armstrong Williams

  Wish, Want, Kind

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• Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Self, Should, Ability

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• Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

  Dalai Lama

  Self, Negative, Emotion

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

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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