“The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird fly past unnoticed, to spell the stones and weeds, to have the mind a storehouse of sunset, requires a discipline in pleasure and an education in gratitude.” MindFactsPastPleasureDisciplineGratitudeLaughterBirdStonesAppreciationSunsetWeedSpellsUnnoticedPurificationAusterityLife Appreciation Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Golf teaches you honesty. It teaches you discipline. It gives you a strong appreciation of nature. And personal responsibility, something that lacks in our society at times. I mean, it's only your fault, you can't blame anyone else when you shank it. Or pick the wrong club.” GivingMeanStrongResponsibilityTeachHonestyDisciplinePicksBlameFaultsGolfClubsAppreciationOur SocietyPersonal ResponsibilityShank Author:George W. Bush
“First, the skill of storytelling helps to galvanize your team. Second, the discipline of storytelling requires leaders to be clear about their intentions and to prioritize what fits into the story versus secondary goals and issues. Third, there is possibly an artifact here - great storytellers can make their exploits and achievements sound very exciting and memorable. Successful leaders who are not good storytellers won't get the acknowledgement and appreciation they deserve.” HelpingGoalLeaderSuccessfulTeamDisciplineFitAchievementDeserveExcitingIntentionAppreciationStorytellingMemorableStorytellerAcknowledgementPrioritize Author:Gary A. Klein
“The people from where I grew up have no appreciation for Paleolithic rocks or menstrual calendars. I'm a retriever of lost iconographies. But I had real training and have deep discipline, and I believe in it. Too much of the work I see today is just cultural junk. It's very superficial and has no rigor. It doesn't address the dynamic and real politics of an aesthetic structure.” PeopleBelieveRealTodayI BelieveDisciplineTrainingAppreciationAestheticSuperficial Author:Carolee Schneemann
“Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has to be cultivated. Humanism is itself a religion without God-not all religions, of course, are theistic. Our ethical secular ideal has it's own disciplines of mind and heart and gives people the means of finding faith in the ultimate meaning of human life that were once provided by the more conventional religions.” PeopleGivingMindHumansHeartMeanArtCoursesCompassionDisciplineFindingsEthicsIdealsUltimateWesternHumanismAppreciationHuman LifeEthicalConventionalSecularHeart And MindWithout God Author:Karen Armstrong
“I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.” BelieveRealFactsScienceWealthSubjectsDisciplineIntellectualAccountsAppreciationDuesApplicationPrestigeFlowering Author:Derek Barton
“The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.” FirstsHardTaughtHard WorkDisciplineTrainingTheaterAppreciationDedicationWork Dedication Author:Ben Vereen