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In the tumult of uncertain footsteps lies an eloquent creation, worshiping the awkward grace found within our unrefined pursuits of truth.
Author:
Selene Vargas
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Just as the river carves the landscape one drop at a time, so do our daily rituals shape our Soul through the minutes that may seem mundane.
Author:
Ava Galvin
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Quiet determination beckons like the undisturbed quill until the rheumy words birthed thrive luminous across sceptre columns.
Author:
Orion Lux
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Like a river skillfully carving its path unnoticed, the quiet dedication of unseen efforts often shapes the greatest landscapes of change.
Author:
Oliver Romney
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In a world sewn from threads of time, the bridges we manifest whisper tunes between past and future--melodies inviting us to orchestrate our legacies in concert with the actions of earlier generations.
Author:
Elena Mitsui
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True mastery spins from the blend of outrageous whimsy and tranquil waiting, for it is in the dance of desire and time where creativity is ignited.
Author:
Elaine Ashford
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Only when talent dances in harmony with discipline does mastery adorn its grace, flashing brightly without announcing its handiwork.
Author:
Claraitian Hale
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True elegance lies not in struggle but in the grace birthed from diligent practice; mastery unfolds invisibly, revealing dedicated craftsmanship--it is a silent dance with purpose.
Author:
Elise Vanderwheeling
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Elegance without struggle is the whisper of refined chaos within perfect understanding.
Author:
Mira Johansson
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The beauty of simplicity in skill lies not just in leaving chaos behind, but in continuing to wonder at masterpiece both yet and respected in tranquility.
Author:
Clara Reyes
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True mastery is the conscious blend of subconscious rhythm and familiar challenges; it's an expression of surrendering to the beauty of consistency.
Author:
Sophia Kingston
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Effort becomes artistry when skill dances naturally with intuition--such beauty unites discipline and inspiration beyond mere practice.
Author:
Clara Johnson
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True elegance lies not in the minutes outweighed, but in the silent rapport forged with rhythm, mastery stealing inhales unnoticed.
Author:
Jasmine Oliver
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Quietly beating the drum of diligence creates a crescendo impossible to ignore, drawing all successes into our rhythm.
Author:
Elise Jamison
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Like the seasons unashamedly grace two silence-convorted mounts, quiet persistence impels unrest screen-fast desires towards fruition--with or without brilliance encircling above.
Author:
Delana Michelsen
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Transformative strength often lies uncelebrated in consistent directions; the faint whisper of commitment pulls the serendipity of achievement inexorably our way.
Author:
Ada Chen
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In the quietude of persistently gentle ambitions, we do not just spark dreams but weave tapestries of resilience, refracting possibilities back into the fabric of our world.
Author:
Adrian Marsden
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Mental toughness isn't just enduring hard moments; it's finding strength to dance in the storms despite the rattling winds.
Author:
Maya Stren
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Mental toughness is not simply about enduring storms; it's about learning to dance under rainy skies with relentless optimism.
Author:
Clara Sherman
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Enduring the storm instills the spirit; if you can forge satisfaction in chaos, you've already intertwined fragile feathers with resilient wings.
Author:
Harper Williams
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Imagination is the bridge where reality checks in but lets dreams dance freely; it is creative push-ups for the mind's muscles.
Author:
Avery Ricci
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Amid the whirlwind of deadlines, true serenity lies in forging moments of intention, where actionable choices drown distraction.
Author:
Mia Thompson
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Being on time is a mark of respect for yourself and others; how you start shapes the journey ahead.
Author:
Jordan Ellis
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Success has no elevator, you have to take the stairs.
Author:
Jane Smith
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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.
Author:
Lou Holtz
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Do not wait for motivation, create discipline.
Author:
Jillian Michaels
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The only limit to power is the extent of one's discipline.
Author:
Bruce Lee
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Without hard work and discipline, success is just a dream.
Author:
Denzel Washington
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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment.
Author:
Lou Holtz
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Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Author:
Jim Rohn
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Success is not always about glory, it's about determination and discipline.
Author:
Michelle Obama
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Success calls for discipline, determination, and a sprinkle of passion.
Author:
Elena Nguyen
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Chaos breeds creativity, but discipline hones it into brilliance.
Author:
Sophia Nguyen
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Don't wait for motivation to start, create discipline to finish.
Author:
Sophia Martinez
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Success is born out of discipline and nurtured by determination.
Author:
Sarah Chang
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The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.
Author:
Bruce Lee
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Success is built on disciplined actions taken consistently over time, not on sudden bursts of enthusiasm.
Author:
Samantha Walker
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The path to mastery is paved with dedication, perseverance, and a love for the craft.
Author:
Samantha Adams
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Creativity is a wild mind paired with a disciplined eye.
Author:
Jamie Williams
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Success is the reflection of discipline, determination, and dedication.
Author:
Sophia Evans
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Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.
Author:
Rachel Johnson
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Instead of waiting for motivation to strike, create it each day through disciplined actions.
Author:
Maya Johnson
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Success is not about being the smartest in the room, but about being the most disciplined one.
Author:
Samantha Johnson
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Do not wait for inspiration, create a habit of discipline.
Author:
Samantha Smith
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Life is the art of balance between chaos and order, swirls of creativity and strokes of discipline.
Author:
Maya Patel
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Success is the fruit of perseverance watered with discipline.
Author:
Catherine Thompson
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The key to unlocking success lies in the discipline of consistency
Author:
Samantha Martinez
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A life without discipline is like a ship without a compass, destined to drift aimlessly amidst the chaos of the oceans.
Author:
Sophia Lee
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Don't wait for motivation to begin, discipline will carry you through any obstacle.
Author:
Samantha Watson
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The dance of success is choreographed by discipline and passion.
Author:
Sophia Nguyen
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Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, but from what you do consistently.
Author:
Marie Forleo
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
Author:
Dorothy Parker
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It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Author:
Zig Ziglar
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Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy.
Author:
James Young
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I then wrought at my trade as a tailor; carefully attended meetings for worship and discipline; and found an enlargement of gospel love in my mind, and therein a concern to visit Friends in some of the back settlements of Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Author:
John Woolman
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My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit.
Author:
George Woodcock
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All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline.
Author:
Alicia Witt
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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
Author:
Steve Winwood
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Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.
Author:
Esther Williams
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Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
Author:
Edwin Whipple
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Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.
Author:
Paul Weyrich
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I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.
Author:
Sanford Weill
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No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.
Author:
Tom Watson
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Author:
George Washington
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Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
Author:
George Washington
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Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals.
Author:
Richard Wall
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It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.
Author:
Suzanne Vega
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I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving.
Author:
Jeffery Veen
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For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.
Author:
Robert Vaughn
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It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 audio books in the past and I do the animated voice for a show called Fatherhood on Nickelodeon.
Author:
Blair Underwood
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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
Author:
Lao Tzu
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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.
Author:
Barbara Tuchman
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Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.
Author:
Michelle Trachtenberg
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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
Author:
Tertullian
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Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.
Author:
David Sylvian
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
Author:
Ted Stevens
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The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
Author:
John Steinbeck
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And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.
Author:
Jason Statham
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The administration's reckless plan doesn't do one thing to ensure the long term security of social security, rather it undermines our economy. We need a budget and a fiscal policy that reflects the values and interests of America and restores fiscal discipline.
Author:
Debbie Stabenow
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
Author:
Roy Smith
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The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.
Author:
Goldwin Smith
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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.
Author:
Adam Smith
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I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.
Author:
Edith Sitwell
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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.
Author:
Alan Shepard
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Perfect retention. I don't think I could do that-I've never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.
Author:
George Shearing
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No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Author:
Lucius Seneca
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
Author:
Barbara Scott
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Women may give lip service to wanting husbands who take on an equal role in raising children, but many will pull rank when an important decision, like how to discipline or what baby sitter to hire, has to be made.
Author:
Pepper Schwartz
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First you learn a new language, profanity; and second you learn not to discipline your dogs when you're mad, and that's most of the time when you're training dogs.
Author:
Lou Schultz
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Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.
Author:
May Sarton
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There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.
Author:
Jose Santos
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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.
Author:
Bertrand Russell
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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Author:
Jim Rohn
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Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Author:
Jim Rohn
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Author:
Jim Rohn
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I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.
Author:
Fred Rogers
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The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.
Author:
Frederick Robertson
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
Author:
Pat Riley
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I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.
Author:
Alan Rickman
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Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline.
Author:
Publius Renatus
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We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war.
Author:
Publius Renatus
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I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor.
Author:
Ishmael Reed
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My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.
Author:
Herbert Read
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They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline.
Author:
Kelly Preston
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During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.
Author:
Augusto Pinochet
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The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.
Author:
Bum Phillips
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.
Author:
Alan Perlis
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The American people know what's necessary to get this economy moving again. It's fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C. and across-the-board tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms.
Author:
Mike Pence
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
Author:
M. Peck
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
Author:
George Patton
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Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
Author:
Joe Paterno
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Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
Author:
Ann Patchett
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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
Author:
P. O'Rourke
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Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.
Author:
Edward Olmos
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I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.
Author:
Edward Olmos
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There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.
Author:
Robert Niro
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The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors.
Author:
Bob Newhart
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Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.
Author:
Henry Moore
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Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
Author:
Bernard Montgomery
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There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.
Author:
Ricardo Montalban
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There's a discipline. When you take someone's portrait, you don't have to take 50 photographs, just find that one so that when you release the shutter, that's the image that you took.
Author:
Matthew Modine
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To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.
Author:
Colin Mochrie
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It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of the cookie jar of Social Security. Now to stop this I propose that in the future that Congress cannot get its hands on the money in the first place.
Author:
Jeff Miller
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There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.
Author:
Ethel Merman
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I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline.
Author:
John McCain
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Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.
Author:
Francois Mauriac
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I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
Author:
Wynton Marsalis
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It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.
Author:
Kamisese Mara
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Discipline, work. Work, discipline.
Author:
Gustav Mahler
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It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.
Author:
Arthur Lydiard
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People like me have to have the discipline only to work for clients, corporations, political people, products, services, networks that we believe in and we want to see succeed.
Author:
Frank Luntz
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I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.
Author:
Josh Lucas
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It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
Author:
Vince Lombardi
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The discipline of desire is the background of character.
Author:
John Locke
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I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.
Author:
Geddy Lee
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For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It's not just a physical discipline.
Author:
Brandon Lee
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At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.
Author:
Norman Lamm
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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.
Author:
Jack LaLanne
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Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.
Author:
Tom Kite
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Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.
Author:
Jahangir Khan
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A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
Author:
John Kasich
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Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.
Author:
Mike Johanns
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It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
Author:
Alfred Jodl
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My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.
Author:
Muhammad Jinnah
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With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
Author:
Muhammad Jinnah
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
Author:
Yahya Jammeh
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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
Author:
Washington Irving
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I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.
Author:
John Irving
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When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?
Author:
Patricia Ireland
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And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.
Author:
Patricia Ireland
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One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States.
Author:
Daniel Inouye
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Author:
Lee Iacocca
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Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.
Author:
Julia Howe
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We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children.
Author:
Terrence Howard
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It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.
Author:
John Howard
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Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
Author:
Larry Holmes
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However, lifestyle intervention requires discipline with a tangible end result that is within reach. It requires personal resolve, a lifelong commitment.
Author:
Tim Holden
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I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.
Author:
Hal Holbrook
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There can, therefore, be no doubt that Presbyterians do carry out the principle that Church power vests in the Church itself, and that the people have a right to a substantive part in its discipline and government.
Author:
Charles Hodge
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The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.
Author:
Jerome Hines
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Author:
Abraham Heschel
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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Author:
Frank Herbert
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Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
Author:
Claude Helvetius
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A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.
Author:
Bessie Head
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I love being in a show. I love the community aspect of it. I like the discipline of it, too.
Author:
Joel Grey
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I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.
Author:
Bob Graham
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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.
Author:
Max Gluckman
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I have a great interest in a number of things, perhaps too many. I admire people who seem to concentrate on only one fixed discipline to the exclusion of almost everything else.
Author:
Tom Glazer
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I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.
Author:
Jean Giraudoux
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My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.
Author:
Mary Garden
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Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word.
Author:
Liam Gallagher
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Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.
Author:
Daisy Fuentes
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The police officers, so far as discipline, organization, pay, and orders were concerned, came exclusively under the German Reich police system and were in no way connected with the administration of the Government General.
Author:
Hans Frank
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Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
Author:
Michel Foucault
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The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.
Author:
Harry Fosdick
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You've got to either say you're going to cut taxes and find some spending cuts. I think we ought to reform long-term entitlement spending in the country, but you can't out of one side of your mouth say, 'Yes, we're for tax cuts, we're for spending discipline, and we're for bringing down the debt.'
Author:
Harold Ford
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In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic standards of Catholic schools.
Author:
Mark Foley
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Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
Author:
F. Fitzgerald
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The first thing they were told was how to hone their talent. Then they were told how to market their talent, discipline their talent and type their talent. And then they were told they might as well forget about talent.
Author:
Esther Fein
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
Author:
William Feather
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Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.
Author:
R. Ermey
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I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.
Author:
Enya
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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
Author:
George Eliot
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Chaos whispers the secrets of creativity, allowing chaos' gentle refusal to destroy a rare kind of expertise that traditional order rarely designs.
Author:
Elara Durant
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The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
Author:
Tryon Edwards
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It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.
Author:
Clint Eastwood
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Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.
Author:
Mike Ditka
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Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.
Author:
Mike Ditka
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It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
Author:
Charles Dickens
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One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.
Author:
Siobhan Davies
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You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.
Author:
Blythe Danner
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Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution - a chaotic revolution - with free discussion on everything. There is now no common theology or philosophy as there was before.
Author:
Godfried Danneels
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I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa.
Author:
John Dalton
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The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.
Author:
Richard Daley
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To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
Author:
Aleister Crowley
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Author:
Stephen Covey
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Calvin Coolidge
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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.
Author:
Charles Cooley
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The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.
Author:
Edwin Cole
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Error is discipline through which we advance.
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William Channing
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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Miguel Cervantes
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My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all, is not less valiant than they were, although his skill in the discipline of war was not so much, not being bred therein.
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Margaret Cavendish
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And so if your competitors aren't growing, if there isn't a competitive reason to grow, and you want focus and discipline to add customers to existing stores, you adjust your strategy.
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Jim Cantalupo
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I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place.
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Jim Cantalupo
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And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.
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Jim Cantalupo
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When you're doing that you lose your focus on the discipline of the business, and how you train people at Hamburger University, and everybody gets on a bigger, different vision, and they're not on the same page.
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Jim Cantalupo
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You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.
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Jim Cantalupo
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Discipline is remembering what you want.
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David Campbell
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I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.
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George Bush
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Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.
Author:
Bill Bruford
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
Author:
H. Brown, Jr.
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I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.
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William Brewster
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I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world.
Author:
Anthony Braxton
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I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions.
Author:
Anthony Braxton
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Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school.
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Georg Brandes
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More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.
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Paul Boyer
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This marched was planned to be non violent and non confrontational, and gladly it stayed that way. What really impressed me was the self discipline of the Black Block.
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John Blair
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Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.
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Gary Blair
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I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.
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Ritchie Blackmore
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I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
Author:
Bjork
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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Author:
Jacqueline Bisset
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A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Author:
Jacqueline Bisset
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The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.
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Bo Bennett
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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.
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Dirk Benedict
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Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.
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Peter Benchley
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I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.
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Venerable Bede
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I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline.
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Don Baylor
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Author:
Bernard Baruch
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In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Author:
Bernard Baruch
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The surest test of discipline is its absence.
Author:
Clara Barton
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Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.
Author:
Irving Babbitt
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If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.
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Irving Babbitt
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I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.
Author:
Joan Armatrading
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Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
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Julie Andrews
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I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.
Author:
Ralph Allen
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We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
Author:
Hannes Alfven
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The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.
Author:
Theodor Adorno
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Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.
Author:
James Adams
