Thomas S. Monson Quotes, Self Quotes, Discipline Quotes

Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Thomas S. Monson Quotes , Self Quotes , Discipline Quotes

The Tathagatha... is the originator of the path unarisen before, the producer of the path unproduced before, the declarer of the path undeclared before. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the one skilled in the path. And his disciplines now dwell following that path and become possessed of it afterwards.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Path Quotes

Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Curiosity Quotes

Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline?

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Mind Quotes

But the Church cannot be, in any political sense, either conservative or liberal, or revolutionary. Conservatism is too often conservation of the wrong things: liberalism a relaxation of discipline; revolution a denial of the permanent things.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Political Quotes

Odor of blood when Christ was slain Made all Platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Butler Yeats Quotes , Blood Quotes , Discipline Quotes

Hunger is good discipline.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Hunger Quotes

What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to become capable of enjoyment, of living in the present, and of the discipline which this involves. Without this you have nothing to give.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Giving Quotes

The interesting thing about golf is that the presidency requires focus and discipline, and golf requires focus and discipline. It was a way to make sure that parts of my life were focused and disciplined.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Golf Quotes , Discipline Quotes

The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Meditation Quotes

The mind has to be gradually and systematically brought under control.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Discipline Quotes

First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Firsts Quotes

Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction?

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Pain Quotes , Discipline Quotes

No doubt it is an evil to be bound by laws, but it is necessary at the immature stage to be guided by rules; in other words, as the Master used to say that the sapling must be hedged round, and so on.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Law Quotes , Discipline Quotes

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Emotional Quotes , Discipline Quotes

Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive but mutually dependent because otherwise, you'd sink into chaos.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Chaos Quotes

These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Prayer Quotes , Discipline Quotes

Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Nuclear Quotes

I certainly do not adore the writer's discipline. I have lost lovers, endangered friendships, and blundered into eccentricity, impelled by a concentration which usually is to be found only in the minds of people about to be executed in the next half hour.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Lost Love Quotes , Discipline Quotes

It is quite an old-fashioned fallacy to suppose that our objection to scepticism is that it removes the discipline from life. Our objection to scepticism is that it removes the motive power. Materialism is not a thing which destroys mere restraint. Materialism itself is the great restraint.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Discipline Quotes , Materialism Quotes