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“The Bible parable says that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. A boy who rises at 4:30 to deliver papers is considered a go-getter, but to urge our young people to rise at 5:30 to pray is considered fanaticism. We must once again wear the harness of discipline. There is no other way.”

People Men Way Young Enemy Boys Praying Discipline Paper Urges Papers Discipleship Fanaticism Wheat Harness Parables

Author:Leonard Ravenhill

“The enemy advances and you tremble. They've better numbers, you say. Better weapons. Better training. But I do not fear, and neither should you. For what they have in material, they lack in conviction and care. But not us. We have discipline. We have order. And most importantly, we have passion. We believe! So maintain vigilance. Conserve your ammo. Ensure a proper line of sight. And above all else, men, do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”

Men Should Believe Eye Care Order Passion Lines Numbers Enemy Fire Materials Discipline Weapons Training Sight Conviction Vigilance Do Not Fear Ammo

Author:Israel Putnam

“Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.”

People Self Desire Three Strong Enemy Discipline Commitment Reactions Bitterness Ministry Indulgence Carelessness Self Indulgence Strong People

Author:Rick Warren

“The enemies of intellectual liberty always try to present their case as a plea for discipline versus individualism. The issue truth-versus-untruth is as far as possible kept in the background.”

Trying Liberty Enemy Cases Issues Discipline Intellectual Backgrounds Individualism Versus Untruth

Book:The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945

Source: The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945

“A foreign threat is useful to put things in order in one's own camp, to make one's allies follow the bloc discipline. Iran does not fit this role too well, and it is very tempting to revive Russia's image of the enemy. But nobody in Europe is afraid anymore.”

Wells Doe Order Enemy Roles Discipline Fit Europe Threat Russia Iran Allies Camps Tempting Revive

Author:Vladimir Putin

“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.”

Ifs Trying Whole Order Fall My Own Enemy Sadness Mines Hard Work Discipline Circumstances Medicine Defeat Noble Rational Self Discipline Exalted Anatomy

Author:Marcello Malpighi

“These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.”

Men Way Want Art War Use Enemy Discipline Authority Six Training Defeat Neglect Art Of War Defective

Book:Art of War, Plain English Edition: One of the Greatest Strategy Books in the History of the World, Now in an Easy to Read Version

Source: Art of War, Plain English Edition: One of the Greatest Strategy Books in the History of the World, Now in an Easy to Read Version

“No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else. Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. Discipline in war counts more than fury.”

Knows Men Art War Opportunity Enemy Know How Industry Discipline Benefits Training Brave Art Of War Fury Concealed Proceeding

Book:The Complete Art of War

Source: The Complete Art of War

“Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.”

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Author:Claude Adrien Helvetius

“The General Order is always: ......To manoeuver in a body and on the attack. ......To maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline. ......To keep the troops constantly at the ready. ......To employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go. ......To use the bayonet on every possible occasion. And to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.”

Use Body Order Enemy Military Ready Discipline Destroyed Occasions Troops Strict Navy Vigilance Bayonets Follow Up Military General Military Discipline

Author:Lazare Carnot

“Keep your enemies at a distance, your partners close at hand.”

Hands Enemy Discipline Distance Partners

Book:The Sacred Band

Source: The Sacred Band

“Each day look into your conscience and amend your faults; if you fail in this duty you will be untrue to the Knowledge and Reason that are within you. Keep a watchful eye over yourself as if you were your own enemy; for you cannot learn to govern yourself, unless you first learn to govern your own passions and obey the dictates of your conscience.”

Ifs Firsts Looks Reason Eye Passion Enemy Failing Duty Discipline Conscience Faults Insight Each Day Over You Within You Self Discipline Untrue

Author:Khalil Gibran

“Self-mastery is the challenge of transforming yourself from own worst enemy into your greatest ally.”

Self Challenges Enemy Worst Discipline Allies Mastery Transforming Self Mastery Worst Enemy Transforming Yourself

Author:Wes Fesler