“Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient struggle against adverse circumstance, by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but they attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris or London to enter upon.” MenNeedsArtUseArtistCoursesOpportunityEffortStruggleHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesArt IsLaborOvercomingDifficultyExcellencePatientActiveLondonImpressionParisRomePassiveGreat ArtModeratesGreat ArtistManlyAdverseEminenceThrifty Author:George Stillman Hillard
“All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise and discipline of their faculties, and the same working of their life up to and into their high ideals of life.” MenSelfPowerDisciplineCircumstancesExerciseIdealsFacultyMasteryEstatesAdjustmentSelf Mastery Book:PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS Source: PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life.” MenWellsHeartDoeSelfStrongRealizingWealthFailingSacrificeObjectsHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesPreparedBoundsAccomplishPreparationAcquireHeavenlyAnxiousSelf DisciplineBe PreparedShrinksUnwillingCrucifixionGreat PersonA Man ThinkethPersonal Sacrifice Author:James Allen
“Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.” ValuesStrongParentChallengesLinesWalksCompassionGraceRocksFineDisciplineCircumstancesUltimateCompromiseFirmFluidFine Lines Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.” PersonsLiteratureExampleDisciplineCircumstancesThousandShapesImpulse Author:James Russell Lowell
“There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless.” FacesDisciplineCircumstancesIdealsMeritWorthless Author:Isaac Asimov
“At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God's hand until we learn to hear Him...Watch where God puts you into darkness, and when you are there keep your mouth shut. Are you in the dark just now in your circumstances, or in your life with God? Then remain quiet...When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light.” GivingHandsLightSongDarkWatchesTeachDarknessTaughtDisciplineCircumstancesQuietMessagesBirdMouthsShadowGods WillHeed Author:Oswald Chambers
“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.” InspirationalMatterSuccessTurnsChoicesDecisionBusinessGreatnessDisciplineCircumstancesConsciousFunctionKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessMaking DecisionsPower Of ChoiceDecisions MadeDecisions You MakeChoices And DecisionsGood To GreatBusiness DecisionsGreatness And Leadership Author:James C. Collins
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.” MenLiteratureChangeIgnoranceDisciplineCircumstancesSelf ImprovementBoundsImprovementAnxiousSelf DisciplineUnwillingA Man ThinkethPersonal Sacrifice Book:As a Man Thinketh Source: As a Man Thinketh
“In such sad circumstances I but see myself exalted by my own enemies, for in order to defeat some small works of mine they try to make the whole rational medicine and anatomy fall, as if I were myself these noble disciplines.” IfsTryingWholeOrderFallMy OwnEnemySadnessMinesHard WorkDisciplineCircumstancesMedicineDefeatNobleRationalSelf DisciplineExaltedAnatomy Author:Marcello Malpighi
“To maintain discipline in the military, it must have been necessary at that time. For soldiers who risked their lives in circumstances where bullets are flying around like rain and wind, if you want them to get some rest, a comfort women system was necessary. That’s clear to anyone.” IfsWantHas BeensClearMilitaryWindDisciplineCircumstancesComfortRainSoldierFlyingBullets Author:Toru Hashimoto