Quotes about Discipline

The several duties of instruction in this establishment were thus discharged. English grammar, composition, geography, and the use of the dumb-bells, by Miss Melissa Wackles; writing, arithmetic, dancing, music, and general fascination, by Miss Sophia Wackles; the art of needle-work, marking, and samplery, by Miss Jane Wackles; corporal punishment, fasting, and other tortures and terrors, by Mrs Wackles.

So runs the genealogy of many another sin: idleness is usually the grandfather of the crime, whatever the father might be.

Real spiritual growth comes only through discipline and perseverance. In other words, it comes through sticking with it. One of the traps for all of us, however, is substituting activity for genuine fellowship with God.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

Nothing so casts down the manly mind from it's height as the fondling of women and those bodily contacts which belong to the married state.

My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.

Embrace who you are and your divine purpose. Identify the barriers in your life, and develop discipline, courage and the strength to permanently move beyond them, and keep moving forward.

The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.

Know well that the enemy laboureth in all wise to stay thy desire in good and to make thee void of all good exercise.

They who pray that they may not be led into temptation, must not lead themselves into temptation. 2.

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.