Quotes about Discipline

We go to bed at 8 o'clock at night, even on the weekend, just because that's our schedule.

I am pretty controlled I have to say.

You're not my boss, Alan." He returned to his game. Honestly, my first instinct was to smack the kid, but i doubted that would fly with his parents.

Willpower works for a few weeks, or maybe a month or two at best.

Our habits control our lives. We shape our habits; then our habits shape us.

When God seems distant, you may feel that he is angry with you or is disciplining you for some sin. In fact, sin does disconnect us from intimate fellowship with God. We grieve God's Spirit and quench our fellowship with him by disobedience, conflict with others, busyness, friendship with the world, and other sins.10

Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting.

It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.

There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.

Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.

It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.

But without wisdom, imagination is like a cruel taskmaster.