“I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do, and sticking with it.” FatherTermDisciplineDeterminedPunishmentCorporal Punishment Author:Ryan Reynolds
“Selfishly, perhaps, Catti-brie had determined that the assassin was her own business. He had unnerved her, had stripped away years of training and discipline and reduced her to the quivering semblance of a frightened child. But she was a young woman now, no more a girl. She had to personally respond to that emotional humiliation, or the scars from it would haunt her to her grave, forever paralyzing her along her path to discover her true potential in life.” YearsChildrenYoungGirlForeverPathEmotionalDisciplineTrainingDeterminedGravesFrightenedScarYoung WomenHumiliationOwn BusinessAssassinsSemblanceTrue PotentialBrie Author:R. A. Salvatore
“To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. As part of the universal city that is the universe, human beings have a duty of care to all fellow humans. The person who followed these precepts would achieve happiness.” TryingHumansPersonsSelfHappensCareActionSufferingUniverseIndividualHuman BeingsCitiesAcceptingFateAchieveEventsDutyDisciplineUniversalResponsibleFellowsDeterminedAriseNeglectSelf DisciplineWhatever HappensUncontrollable Author:Epictetus
“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.” TryingMatterSuccessCitiesStreetsDisciplineAccomplishDeterminedSelf DisciplineInner CityCity Streets Author:Wilma Rudolph
“Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsShouldSometimesPlayDesireModernDisciplineAuthorityImportanceEducationalDeterminedSelf DisciplineUnderestimateTheorists Book:Bertrand Russell on ethics, sex, and marriage Source: Bertrand Russell on ethics, sex, and marriage
“While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk aversion-may well be genetically determined.” WellsMaySeemsMightValuesRiskTypeDisciplineEssentialsIntelligentInvestingDeterminedCharacteristicsInvestorsAversionRisk Aversion Author:Seth Klarman