Discipline Proverbs

Sayings about Discipline

He who lives without discipline dies without honor. ~ Icelandic Proverbs

There is no luck except where there is discipline. ~ Irish Proverbs

A person who is not disciplined cannot be cautioned. ~ African Proverb

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. ~ Bible

Discipline is like spinach. We may not care for it ourselves but feel sure it would be good for everybody else. ~ Saying

Who loves well, chastises well. ~ French Proverbs

Quotations about Discipline

Discipline must come through liberty. ~ Maria Montessori

Discipline is the duty and the hope of all who would enjoy the benefits of society and of instruction. ~ John H. A. Bomberger

No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. ~ John S. Bonnell

Discipline is like the helm of a ship; it gives direction. ~ Zester Hatfield

It is never wise to slip the bands of discipline. ~ Lewis Wallace

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. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

He who hath not Discipline is like a race-horse without a rider. ~ John Ballou Newbrough

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild. ~ Immanuel Kant

Discipline is necessary to curb the mind, otherwise there is no peace. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

At its best, discipline is a form of teaching inner controls. ~ Alicia F. Lieberman

Discipline is like a vaccine. It inflicts lesser pain now to avoid greater pain later. ~ Dan Doriani

Discipline is learning what to do, when to do it and in what manner it should be done. ~ U.S. Dept. Of Defense

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. ~ George Washington

Life without discipline is like a ship without a rudder. ~ Ronie Mathew Thomas

Fair and reasonable discipline is like a fence that provides protection and defines limits, demonstrating both care and concern. ~ Les Christie

Discipline is like a muscle: the more you practice it, the bigger it gets. ~ Steve Demasco

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets. ~ Wilma Rudolph

Always remember that discipline is like a two-edged sword; it is not only to correct children when they are wrong, but to direct them to a way that is right. ~ James Merritt

Discipline must come through liberty. ~ Maria Montessori

Discipline is the defining fire by which talent becomes ability. ~ Roy Smith

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. ~ Tertullian

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. ~ William J. Durant

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. Discipline is guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. ~ Bette Davis

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ~ Frank Herbert

I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. ~ Vince Lombardi

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear. ~ Bernard Law Montgomery

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

Discipline in its highest notion is not punishment or self-punishment. It is rather something seminal to the self. It is our foundation. It is our architecture. It gives us structure. It allows us to steer our energies and pull our wagon. ~ Noah Benshea

The greatest influence of discipline is to repress the weaknesses which grow out of individuality. ~ G. Burnett

If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside. ~ Critias of Athens

Discipline is not a nasty word. ~ Pat Riley

A person without discipline is like a ship without a rudder in the storm of life. ~ Robert Elias Najemy

Discipline is a necessity, as a regulator of society, so that those who break its rules may be taught the necessity of obeying them. ~ Engineer Lockhart

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. ~ Julie Andrews

A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind. ~ Herbert Spencer

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. ~ Clint Eastwood

Discipline brings us effort, sacrifice and suffering. Later it brings us something of an inestimable value: something of which those who live only for pleasure, profit or amusement will always be deprived. ~ Alexis Carrel

A person's attitude toward discipline is the measure of that person's own orientation to order. ~ Max Van Manen

If love is the heart of the person, discipline is the skeleton, giving a person form and protection. ~ Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Without discipline, there is no life at all. ~ Katharine Hepburn

Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. ~ Marie Chapian

What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are. What we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline. ~ Henry Parry Liddon

Self-discipline is the glue that attaches the seeker to the future model. ~ Cecile Reynaud

Discipline is necessary and good. You can't raise successful children without it, but discipline should not repress or tyrannize. Discipline should lead to powerful habits of direction, work, and good judgment. ~ Zig Ziglar

Self-discipline is the free man's yoke. ~ John W. Gardner

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. ~ Edwin Percy Whipple

Discipline is a moral, mental, and physical state in which all ranks respond to the will of the leader. ~ International Association Of Fire Chiefs

Discipline is an index to doctrine. ~ Tertullian

Self-command is the main discipline. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Discipline is like an addiction. Once you get disciplined then it is difficult to get rid of that. ~ Parikshit Deshmukh

A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is conformity; its path leads to the known, and the known is never the free. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone’s watching or not. ~ Michael J. Fox

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy. ~ Claude Arien Helvetius

Discipline is like sandpaper. It feels rough and abrasive when it's in motion, but the final result is a smooth and polished surface. ~ Jerry L. Parks

The only discipline that lasts is self discipline. ~ Bum Phillips

It is not crazy to think of discipline as a chariot. Without discipline we would drive ourselves crazy. ~ Noah Benshea

Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville

If we do not discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us. ~ William Feather

The man under no discipline is like the spoiled child whom nothing satisfies. ~ Chester B. Lord

Corrective discipline is like surgery--it corrects something that's gone wrong in the body so that more serious injury doesn't result. ~ Mark Dever & Paul Alexander

Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ~ Abraham J. Heschel

Grabbing hold of the true concept of discipline is like trying to pick up liquid mercury--just when you think you have it cornered, it squirts from your grasp. ~ Thomas Mccafferty

A sense of discipline is like the earth itself. It is the ground from which all good qualities can grow forth. ~ Tsoknyi Rinpoche

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. ~ Tryon Edwards

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