#Discipline

"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."

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

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

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

"As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly."

"The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him."

"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."

"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."

"I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself."

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

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

"Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy lives by pulling the happy down to their own abysmal depths."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

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