#Discipline

"Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth."

"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day."

"Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality."

"Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law."

"Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them."

"Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference."

"Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace."

"Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity growswith the ability to say no to oneself."

"Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous."

"My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control."

"Whoever submits himself to a super-discipline can expect great triumphs."

"God tells me that I need to provide for my family, discipline and teach my children, and love my wife as Christ loves the church. If I don't do that, I'm being unfaithful and sinful."

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."

"I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening."

"The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment."

"The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline."

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering."

"If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist."

"We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause."