Quotes about Discipline

Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

Yet a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep.

Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.

You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it.

Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.

Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.

If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.

Wake up early everyday so that while others are still dreaming, you can make your dreams come true.

Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world.

I used to get really ticked about preachers who talked too much about grace, because they tempted me to not be disciplined. I figured what people needed was a kick in the butt, and if I failed at godliness it was because those around me weren't trying hard enough.

I made a single decision early on. I decided I wouldn't judge my kids. No matter what they told me, I wouldn't judge them. I might have to discipline them, but I wouldn't make them feel like lesser people for their mistakes. And because of that, they learned to trust me with their deepest thoughts... We taught them the basics early. But the older they got, the more I listened without judgment as they figured out how to apply wisdom in their own lives. And they've turned out well.