Quotes about Discipline

I felt from the first that mere book education was not all that the young people of that town needed. I began my work at eight o'clock in the morning, and, as a rule, it did not end until ten o'clock at night. In addition to the usual routine of teaching, I taught the pupils to comb their hair, and to keep their hands and faces clean, as well as their clothing. I gave special attention to teaching them the proper use of the tooth-brush and the bath.

'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed.

I train about six days a week. I'm training at the same intensity as I did when I was playing football. I've done it for my entire life, and I love it.

Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.

I live every training session to the fullest as if it were a final.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

The mind commands the body, and it obeys instantly; the mind commands itself, and is resisted.

Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.

If truth were told, most of us spend longer each day on personal cleanliness than on practical godliness.

Irony limits, finitizes, and circumscribes and thereby yields truth, actuality, content; it disciplines and punishes and thereby yields balance and consistency.

The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.