Quotes about Discipline
The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.
- Publilius Syrus
Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.
- Jim Rohn
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.
- Zig Ziglar
If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.
- Jeff Henderson
Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.
- George Washington
We have to learn how to control our minds. We have to learn self-control.
- Francis Chan
How do you learn to pray? Well how do you learn to swim? Do you sit in a chair with your feet up drinking coke learning to swim? You get down and you struggle. That's how you learn to pray.
- Leonard Ravenhill
A part of control is learning to correct your weaknesses.
- Babe Ruth
A free curiosity is more effective in learning than a rigid discipline.
- St. Augustine
Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.
- St. Augustine
Can there be any greater reproach than an idle learning? Learn to split wood, at least.
- Henry David Thoreau