Quotes about Discipline
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
- Martha Graham
No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that go up in their own estimation must come down again by His discipline
- Charles Spurgeon
God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.
- CS Lewis
I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.
- Beth Moore
Fasting keeps you sensitive to His (God) Spirit, enabling you to live holy.
- Jentezen Franklin
The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us.
- Jerry Bridges
That which is called God's wrath, and anger, is a means of discipline.
- Origen
At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God's hand until we learn to hear Him.
- Oswald Chambers
Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.
- Rick Warren
There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.
- Oswald Chambers
Nine times out of ten, declension from God begins in the neglect of private prayer.
- Charles Spurgeon
Some of you could be worshipping God but you're playing with a video game.
- Francis Chan