“One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority of certain human beings.” HumansStatesCertainHuman BeingsFailingGreatnessBuildingDisciplineOvercomingArmyEmpiresSuperiorityHierarchyEmpire State BuildingEmpire State Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between the highly generalized constructions of pure mathematics and the specific theories of the specialized disciplines. Mathematics attempts to organize highly general relationships into a coherent system, a system however which does not have any necessary connections with the "real" world around us. It studies all thinkable relationships abstracted from any concrete situation or body of empirical knowledge.” WorldDoeRealUseBodyLyingNamesLevelsSituationStudyBuildingTheoryDisciplinePureModelsConnectionsMathematicsReal WorldConstructionConcreteOrganizeTheoreticalThinkableSystems Theory Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“Building discipline, earning respect and overcoming adversity are all parts of a winning game plan. If you don't have a game plan, where are you going? When I'm talking about a game plan, I'm talking about how you go about being the best player you can be and how you go about being successful in life.” IfsGamesWinningTalkingSuccessfulPlayerPlansBuildingDisciplineOvercomingAdversityBeing The BestBeing SuccessfulEarningOvercoming AdversityBest PlayersGame PlanWinning GamesEarn Respect Author:Walt Frazier
“Sculpture, for me, provides that environmental discipline where you actually move in and around it. And if you have a good collaboration with an architect, to combine those aspects of color - I'm talking about color becoming a form within the building - that is a very different approach. I love contemporary architecture, which makes collaboration more interesting-and you have to be able to collaborate. It's like making a film, in a way: Everyone is a part of the team.” DifferentFilmMovingTeamBuildingDisciplineEnvironmentalArchitectureCollaborationArchitect Author:Keith Sonnier
“In ordinary life, a mentor can guide a young man through various disciplines, helping to bring him out of boyhood into manhood; and that in turn is associated not with body building, but with building and emotional body capable of containing more than one sort of ecstasy.” MenHelpingBodyYoungTurnsBuildingEmotionalDisciplineCapableOrdinaryVariousGuidesYoung ManEcstasyMentorManhoodOrdinary LifeContainingBoyhoodBody Building Author:Robert Bly
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle Obama sums up, both she and the President believe 'strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our nation's leaders for tomorrow.'” FirstsBelieveArtProblemNationsPresidentLeaderStudentsBuildingCollegeGoes OnTomorrowDisciplineEssentialsAchievementIncreaseThinkerGraduatesOddsInnovativeCarpe DiemBoostFirst LadyCarpeArt EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
“People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.” PeopleWorldNeedsDifferentAsksUnderstandingLinesCompanyClassEconomyTeamBuildingDisciplineEconomicsManagementBottomFinancialCustomersAsk MeBottom LineWorld ClassFinancial Discipline Author:Meg Whitman
“Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Let us lead them into the healthy world of primitive building methods, where there was meaning in every stroke of an axe, expression in every bite of chisel.” WorldCreativeStudentsBuildingExpressionMaterialsDisciplineHealthyFunctionMethodGuidesBitesPrimitiveStrokesCreative WorkChisels Author:Ludwig Mies van der Rohe