Quotes about Discipline
I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.
— Mahatma Gandhi
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
— JC Ryle
I cannot neglect prayer for a single day.
— Martin Luther
I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.
— John Wesley
Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
— Ignatius of Loyola
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.
— JC Ryle
To pray well is the better half of study.
— Martin Luther
It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning.
— Oswald Chambers
Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer. Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God, setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.
— John Calvin
The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray
— John Piper
Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
— Bill Hybels