Discipline Quotes - page 38

Theology is an ungainly discipline. Unlike many other pursuits of wisdom, even its most fundamental principles are disputed by those who practice it. (Roger Haight)
I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have the discipline to go to the gym. View quote
Penélope Cruz
I love ballet and I love dancing...... It's a little boring for me to go to the gym because I'm used to the dancing discipline - It's really hard, but much more fun. View quote
Penélope Cruz
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers. View quote
Thucydides
The hedonistic approach to education did make a difference to him [Montaigne]. Having been guided early in life by his own curiosity alone, he grew up to be an independent-minded adult, following his own path in everything rather than deferring to duty and discipline. View quote
Sarah Bakewell
Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline. View quote
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music. View quote
Clint Eastwood
Discipline is the great equalizer. If a young woman is beautiful but has no discipline, she will lose her looks as she grows older. If a plain woman is disciplined she will undoubtedly become more beautiful with time. View quote
Sophia Loren
Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. View quote
Sophia Loren
In her enthusiasms she had always looked for something tangible: she had always loved church for its flowers, music for its romantic words, literature for its power to stir the passions and she rebelled before the mysteries of faith just as she grew ever more restive under discipline, which was antipathetic to her nature. View quote
Gustave Flaubert
There are monasteries where there is no discipline, and which are worse than brothels. (Desiderius Erasmus)
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change' rather than static ‘snapshots.' View quote
Peter Senge
Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively. View quote
Peter Senge
Team learning is the Process of aligning and developing the capacity of a team to create the results its members desire. It builds on the discipline of developing a shared vision. It also builds on personal mastery, for talented teams are made up of talented individuals. View quote
Peter Senge
Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. View quote
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to return again and again to my work. View quote
Louise Erdrich
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline. View quote
Michel Foucault
Erdogan really needs to get a grip on himself, if only because, sadly, Turkey needs him right now as the least bad option in a confused situation. He may be every Turk's first choice but he sure is the second choice of many. The first thing he needs to do is to take a deep breath since breathing is not one of those things that the ruler had better not do. Next, he needs to restore a measure of discipline within his camp, at least as far as the narrative of the events is concerned. View quote
Amir Taheri
I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk. View quote
Salman Rushdie
He doesn't need my help coming up with pranks. He's got too many ideas of his own. - Daja referring to Briar in their first year at Discipline cottage. View quote
Tamora Pierce
People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle. (John Cena)
Whether fighting or spitting, my discipline is unforgiving! View quote
John Cena
The Rifles were a new kind of regiment, prizing skill and intelligence above blind discipline. View quote
Bernard Cornwell
If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline. View quote
Grace Jones
I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline. View quote
Pope Francis