“I think it goes hand in hand because if you discipline yourself on the floor, as you become an older player or a more seasoned individual, it adds structure in your life.” IfsThinkingHandsIndividualPlayerDisciplineStructureAddHand In Hand Author:Dominique Wilkins
“almost all American writers tend to overwrite, to tell too much. I get the disillusioned feeling that novels, today, are sold by the pound, like groceries. It actually takes a great deal more discipline to be able to leave out rather than to throw in everything. This means that you have to say in one sentence precisely what you mean, instead of saying sort of what you kind of mean in hundreds of sentences and hoping the sum total will add up.” KindMeanFeelingsTodayAbleDealsNovelToo MuchDisciplineAddSentencesPoundsGroceriesDisillusionedOne SentenceAmerican Writer Author:Rona Jaffe
“The bottom line: All of your investing decisions should be grounded in your own investment policy statement. By taking a "top-down" look at your finances and writing out a road map, your policy statement will add an important element of discipline to your approach.” ShouldWritingLooksImportantLinesDecisionPolicyDisciplineElementsApproachAddInvestmentBottomInvestingStatementsFinanceMapsGroundedBottom LineTop DownRoad Maps Author:Lewis Schiff
“When I run into a paradox I think either I'm a total horse's ass to have gotten to this point, or I'm fruitfully near the edge of my discipline. It adds excitement to life to wonder which it is.” ThinkingRunningWonderDisciplineHorseAddEdgesAssExcitementParadox Author:Charlie Munger
“Historians of a generation ago were often shocked by the violence with which scientists rejected the history of their own subject as irrelevant; they could not understand how the members of any academic profession could fail to be intrigued by the study of their own cultural heritage. What these historians did not grasp was that scientists will welcome the history of science only when it has been demonstrated that this discipline can add to our understanding of science itself and thus help to produce, in some sense, better scientists.” Has BeensHelpingScienceUnderstandingStudyViolenceFailingGenerationsSubjectsProduceDisciplineMembersScientistAddProfessionWelcomeHistorianHeritageAcademicRejectedShockedIrrelevantIntriguedHistory Of ScienceCultural Heritage Author:I. Bernard Cohen
“This is how [the] sport has contributed to my personality, toughness and discipline. I have a plan, and I work on it. I was going to add [the] before the word sport since I thought was either a typo or a problem translating what she said, but then I thought it made sense without it too , so I left it as is. Just know that that's not a typo on my part.” KnowsMadeSaidProblemLeftSportsPlansPersonalityDisciplineAddTranslateGymnasticsToughnessTypos Author:Svetlana Khorkina
“If you ask ... the man in the street ... the human significance of mathematics, the answer of the world will be, that mathematics has given mankind a metrical and computatory art essential to the effective conduct of daily life, that mathematics admits of countless applications in engineering and the natural sciences, and finally that mathematics is a most excellent instrumentality for giving mental discipline... [A mathematician will add] that mathematics is the exact science, the science of exact thought or of rigorous thinking.” IfsThinkingMenWorldGivingHumansArtScienceAsksGivenNaturalAnswersStreetsMankindHe ManDisciplineEssentialsMathematicsAddExcellentDaily LifeSignificanceApplicationEngineeringMathematicianSelf DisciplineNatural ScienceExact Sciences Author:Cassius Jackson Keyser
“And so if your competitors aren't growing, if there isn't a competitive reason to grow, and you want focus and discipline to add customers to existing stores, you adjust your strategy.” IfsWantReasonGrowsFocusGrowingDisciplineStrategyAddCustomersStoresCompetitors Author:Jim Cantalupo