“It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else.” WayWantFeelsMayFactsReaderDisciplineExcellentSkipBrevity Book:A Joy Forever Source: A Joy Forever
“Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.” HelpingJobsDisciplineAverageExcellentFinishingExcellent Work Book:Reach for the Summit Source: Reach for the Summit
“I've never been in a business where safety performance was excellent and the business performance was not, so they go hand in hand, and for me, safety performance is an indication of discipline, of focus and of how joined up an organization is.” HandsFocusDisciplinePerformancesOrganizationSafetyExcellentHand In HandIndication Author:Cynthia Carroll
“We all have our issues, no one gets away from facing their own issues, so that we can advance. Nothing is given lightly, and everything has a repercussion, as you're evolving. And, if anything, the sport itself is a great training, not only physically, but the mental discipline that it requires. The gym can serve as an excellent place where kids, and young men and women can really empty their issues right on the floor. It's amazing the spirituality that you get as a result of practicing and enjoying the sport. That's another plus.” MenKidsSpiritualitySportsEnjoyHe ManDisciplineTrainingMen And WomenEmptyEvolveExcellentGet AwayGym Author:Djimon Hounsou
“This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom.” SelfGoalTermQualityDisciplineTrainingPursuitDenialExcellentSelf DisciplineWillpowerSelf-denial Author:John Viney
“If you ask ... the man in the street ... the human significance of mathematics, the answer of the world will be, that mathematics has given mankind a metrical and computatory art essential to the effective conduct of daily life, that mathematics admits of countless applications in engineering and the natural sciences, and finally that mathematics is a most excellent instrumentality for giving mental discipline... [A mathematician will add] that mathematics is the exact science, the science of exact thought or of rigorous thinking.” IfsThinkingMenWorldGivingHumansArtScienceAsksGivenNaturalAnswersStreetsMankindHe ManDisciplineEssentialsMathematicsAddExcellentDaily LifeSignificanceApplicationEngineeringMathematicianSelf DisciplineNatural ScienceExact Sciences Author:Cassius Jackson Keyser
“Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.” InspirationalMotivationalCan DoFashionPositiveDisciplinePerformancesAverageExcellentPrizeNew Job Author:Brian Tracy
“Anything that is excellent or praiseworthy stands moment by moment on the cutting edge and must be constantly fought for. Well placed priorities always sit on the edge.” WellsMomentsCuttingDisciplineEdgesPrioritiesExcellentCutting EdgePraiseworthy Author:Ross Perot
“Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. This is the result of an old and excellent religious civilization. This evolution to a higher spiritual state is possible only through discipline and education.” StatesSpiritualSocialReligiousResultsEvolutionHigherDisciplineCivilizationExcellentLowestBrutesSocial StatusPariahsBritons Book:Awakened India Source: Awakened India
“If the nature of the work is properly appreciated and applied, it will stand in the same relation to the higher faculties as food is to the physical body. It nourishes and enlivens the higher man and urges him to produce the best he is capable of. It directs his freewill along the proper course and disciplines the animal in him into progressive channels. It furnishes an excellent background for man to display his scale of values and develop his personality.” IfsMenBodyValuesCoursesAnimalProducePersonalityHigherDisciplineCapableRelationScalesBackgroundsExcellentUrgesFacultyProgressiveDisplayAppreciatedPhysical Body Author:J. C. Kumarappa