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“Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline.”

May History Habit Discipline Fruit Patient Active Diligence Roman Empire Often Is Valour

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”

Has Beens Moments Seems Discipline Fruit Painful Peaceful Pleasant Righteousness Yield Holy Bible

Author:Paul the Apostle

“Blessed be the discipline which makes me reach out my soul's roots into closer union with Jesus! Blessed be the dews of the Spirit which keep my leaf ever green! Blessed be the trials which shake down the ripe, golden fruits from the branches.”

Soul Spirit Jesus Discipline Roots Blessed Green Unions Fruit Trials Golden My Soul Branches Shakes Reach Out Leafs Dew Ripe

Author:Theodore L. Cuyler

“You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.”

Self Principles Victory Discipline Roots Foundation Fruit Mastery Self Discipline Self Mastery Good Relationship Relationships With Others Sequencing

Author:Stephen Covey

“I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.”

Believe I Believe Sacrifice Discipline Fruit Rewards Dedication Stubbornness Rewards In Life

Author:Sophia Loren

“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”

Source: Insecurity of Freedom

“Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of writing has taught me that in matters of the heart, such as writing, or faith, there is no right or wrong way to do it, but only the way of your life. Just paying attention will teach you what bears fruit and what doesn't. But it will be necessary to revise--to doodle, scratch out, erase, even make a mess of things--in order to make it come out right.”

Way Writing Heart Mean Matter Hard Order Process Attention Teach Taught Poet Hard Work Bears Discipline Fruit Mess Pay Attention Scratches Erase Wrong Way Blur Matters Of The Heart

Author:Kathleen Norris

“The rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule.”

Wells Grows Rich Discipline Garden Fruit Schedules Spontaneity

Author:John Piper

“After generations of living under medical tutelage, which provides us with protection (albeit illusory) against "dangerous drugs", we have failed to cultivate the self-reliance and self-discipline we must possess as competent adults surrounded by the fruits of our pharmacological-technological age.”

Self Age Generations Dangerous Discipline Drug Adults Fruit Protection Medical Self Discipline Technological Self Reliance Reliance Competent Illusory Dangerous Drugs Tutelage

Book:Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market

Source: Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market

“In my perfect imagination, with stern discipline I rise with the first bird, salute the dawn, have a healthy breakfast of fruits, wander over to my faux-oak desk, tap the On button on my Macbook Air, acknowledge the muse, and skip into the world where the story flows over the day and into the night.”

World Firsts Stories Night Imagination Perfect Air Discipline Healthy Bird Flow Fruit Wander Dawn Acknowledge Breakfast Buttons Desks Muse Oaks Skip Salute Faux Macbook Macbook Air

Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

“Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit.”

Men May Desire Virtue Bears Discipline Highest Fruit Endeavor

Book:Saviors of God

Source: Saviors of God

“The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit the present moment and accept everything that happens without fear, knowing that what goes around comes around (the law of karma). Ethical morality and self-discipline represent the good ground, or stable basis. Mindful awareness is the skillful and efficacious grow-path, or way. Wisdom and compassion constitute the fruit, or result. This is the essence of Buddhism [...]”

“It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour.”

Enjoy Discipline Fruit Sake Labour Length Good Discipline

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.”

Source: Insecurity of Freedom

“Discipline is something we despise for the moment.... We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall. No one enjoys it. Yet those of us who have endured it know that the fruit it produces and the pain from which it ultimately spares us makes it worth the agony.”

Knows Looks Moments Running Pain Enjoy Produce Discipline Fruit Excuse Despise Agony Spares

Book:How to Handle Adversity

Source: How to Handle Adversity