“Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.” IdeasHardMovingFightingKnowingHard WorkDisciplinePerfectionFoundationElusiveChoreography Author:Keri Russell
“Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.” IfsThinkingKnowsFactsPassionSituationKnow HowKnowingFailingJudgingDisciplinePrejudiceKnow YourselfAdjustment Author:Bernard Baruch
“Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know.” KnowsTryingKnowingDisciplineBreathsLive LifeNot KnowingIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which he is subjected, but without knowing it trains himself for new compulsions. ... Training in sports makes of the individual an efficient piece of apparatus which is henceforth unacquainted with anything but the harsh joys of exploiting his body and winning.” MeanPlayBodyJoyWinningIndividualSportsKnowingPiecesDisciplineTrainingTrainVariousEfficientHarshRelaxationCompulsion Author:Jacques Ellul
“Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing the rule book.” TwoBookJobsKnowingDisciplineToughTwo ThingsUmpires Author:Cal Hubbard
“Discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it. Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can.” KnowingFieldsFootballDiscipline Book:Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book Source: Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book
“Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.” WarFeelingsFacesAbilityCreativeKnowingAwarenessProduceHabitDisciplineBattleUnderstoodWarriorWorthwhileDaringConsideringScopeExceedTransformingAstonishment Author:Carlos Castaneda
“People talk about discipline, but to me, there's discipline and there's self-discipline. Discipline is listening to people tell you what to do, where to be, and how to do something. Self-discipline is knowing that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life; you are the only one who can take yourself to the desired heights.” PeopleSelfHappensKnowingListeningDisciplineResponsibleHeightSelf Discipline Author:Mike Shanahan
“A great discipline comes with knowing that everyone's very focused. I've never shot a scene thinking, I wonder if this will make it. Every scene I shoot, I know that it's going to make it into the final cut.” IfsThinkingKnowsWonderKnowingCuttingDisciplineSceneShotsFinalsFocused Author:Jeremy Bolt
“When I started acting, I had a really strong discipline of knowing that you had to be on time, knowing that you had to work 12 to 16 hours a day, knowing you had to be prepared, knowing you had to be ready, and it's very interesting because if you're an artist and you're creating, you can work very, very long hours but as you're putting out that love of creation, it's almost like you're charged by it, you're charged by the process of it.” IfsLongArtistStrongProcessHoursInterestingActingKnowingCreationReadyLike YouDisciplineCreatingPreparedBe PreparedVery InterestingLong Hours Author:Jaime King
“Scientists have power by virtue of the respect commanded by the discipline... We live with poets and politicians, preachers and philosophers. All have their ways of knowing, and all are valid in their proper domain. The world is too complex and interesting for one way to hold all the answers.” WorldWayAnswersInterestingKnowingVirtuePoetDisciplinePoliticianScientistComplexesPhilosopherOne WayPreacherDomain Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get?” MindForceGoalSpaceKnowingStudyAirDisciplineInvolvedProgramWestCombatNew ThingsGet InvolvedAir ForceSpace ProgramMitWest Point Author:Buzz Aldrin
“To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.” KnowsDoeSelfWisdomOrderKnowledgeKnow HowKnowingSelf EsteemDisciplineInjusticeSeekingConfusionScholarSelf Discipline Author:Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
“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 [...]” WayI CanSelfMomentsHappensLawGrowsResultsCompassionAcceptingKnowingPathClearAwarenessBuddhismDisciplineMoralityConscienceEssenceBasesFruitKarmaPresent MomentEthicalStableTruthfulSelf DisciplineTranquilSkillfulGoes Around Comes AroundLaw Of Karma Author:Surya Das
“It's all about self-discipline. Like, self-obsession is connected completely with self-loathing, and it's the same with, if you've got a weight problem. It's all about... finding some worth in yourself, knowing that you've got the discipline to do it, and knowing that other people maybe can't do it. And it's also, I think, really connected to the fact that you almost feel, like, silent, you have no voice, you're mute, there's just no, you've got no option. Even if you could express yourself nobody would listen anyway. Things that go on inside you, there's no other way to get rid of them.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsSelfFactsProblemVoiceKnowingGoes OnDisciplineFindingsWeightSilentConnectedObsessionSelf DisciplineExpress YourselfLoathingMuteSelf LoathingSelf HarmSelf ObsessionWeight Problems Author:Richey Edwards
“Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.” WantNeedsShouldWritingDoneLanguageLosesKnowingDisciplinePhrasesSongwritingOpen MindedFearlessnessCreativeness Author:Ben Harper