“Shakespeare wrote his sonnets within a strict discipline, fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming in three quatrains and a couplet. Were his sonnets dull? Mozart wrote his sonatas within an equally rigid discipline - exposition, development, and recapitulation. Were they dull?.” ThreeLinesDevelopmentDisciplineDullStrictSonnetFourteenRhymingSonatasCoupletsRecapitulation Book:Confessions of an advertising man Source: Confessions of an advertising man
“Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?” LinesDiscipline Author:Yehudi Menuhin
“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.” MenShouldBelieveEyeCareOrderPassionLinesNumbersEnemyFireMaterialsDisciplineWeaponsTrainingSightConvictionVigilanceDo Not FearAmmo Author:Israel Putnam
“If surrealism ever comes to adopt a particular line of moral conduct, it has only to accept the discipline that Picasso has accepted and will continue to accept.” IfsLinesAcceptingMoralParticularDisciplineAcceptedSurrealism Author:Andre Breton
“Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet.” DeathBornLinesStudyDiscipline Author:Philip Massinger
“Today we have a weakness in our education process in failing to understand the natural associations between the disciplines. We tend to study all our disciplines in unrelated parallel lines. This tends to be true in both Christian and secular education. This is one of the reasons why evangelical Christians have been taken by surprise at the tremendous shift that has come in our generation.” Has BeensReasonTodayChristianProcessNaturalLinesStudyTakenFailingGenerationsDisciplineWeaknessSurpriseBeing TrueReason WhyAssociationSecularParallelsEvangelicalOur GenerationParallel Lines Book:Escape from Reason Source: Escape from Reason
“For the establishment, philosophy is both an elitist and an idealist discipline: In high school, it is a compulsory subject; at university, they teach the idealist line. They are conducting a conversation with themselves.” PhilosophySchoolLinesTeachSubjectsDisciplineConversationHigh SchoolUniversityEstablishmentIdealistConductingElitistCompulsory Author:Michel Onfray
“You work with every actor differently. It's like if you're a mother, if you have children, some children need more discipline. Other children you back off of a little bit and let them be. It's the same way with actors. Some actors need a lot of hand holding. Other actors like to be let be and you let them go. Some actors like to be nudged just a little bit. Some actors don't mind line readings.” IfsWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesHandsMotherReadingActorsBitsLinesDisciplineLittle BitHand Holding Author:Rob Reiner
“The bottom line: All of your investing decisions should be grounded in your own investment policy statement. By taking a "top-down" look at your finances and writing out a road map, your policy statement will add an important element of discipline to your approach.” ShouldWritingLooksImportantLinesDecisionPolicyDisciplineElementsApproachAddInvestmentBottomInvestingStatementsFinanceMapsGroundedBottom LineTop DownRoad Maps Author:Lewis Schiff
“Although a firm swat could bring a recalcitrant child swiftly into line, the changes were usually external, lasting only as long as the swatter remained in view....Permanent transformation had to be internal....The habits of self discipline, as laborious and frustrating as they were to achieve, offered the only real possibility of keeping children safe from their own excesses as well as the omnipresent dangers of society.” WellsChildrenLongRealSelfLinesViewsAchieveDangerPossibilityHabitDisciplineSafeTransformationPermanentFirmInternalsLastingExcessSelf DisciplineFrustratingRecalcitrant Author:Mary Blakely
“Becoming people of integrity and honesty does not occur quickly or all at once, nor is it merely a matter of greater personal discipline. It is a change of disposition, a change of heart. And this gradual change of heart is one that the Lord accomplishes within us, through the power of His Spirit, in a line-upon-line fashion.” PeopleHeartDoeMatterSpiritLinesLordGreaterFashionHonestyBecomingDisciplineIntegrityAccomplishDispositionHonesty And IntegrityChange Of HeartGradual Change Author:David A. Bednar
“Televisison is like a factory line. You need discipline and focus. You have to hit your mark and know your lines. It's not that I don't know my lines when I do a film, but the pace of discovery is always a little bit more relaxed and nurturing and almost babying, in a way. Television toughens you up, and I like that, but I don't want it to toughen me up too much.” KnowsWayWantNeedsLittlesFilmBitsLinesToo MuchFocusTelevisionDisciplineLittle BitDiscoveryMarkPaceFactoriesRelaxedNurturing Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.” ValuesStrongParentChallengesLinesWalksCompassionGraceRocksFineDisciplineCircumstancesUltimateCompromiseFirmFluidFine Lines Author:Kristin Armstrong
“If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.” IfsWritingLinesAttentionDisciplineHanging OutSmarterPals Author:Russell Banks
“Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he believed that a better world could and would be made. He had never held any illusions that he would change the world, of course, or even a substantial portion of it, but he always held strongly that fighting to better just his own little pocket of the world was a worthwhile cause.” WorldLittlesMadeWould BeFightingCoursesCausesLinesDisciplineIllusionOptimismUltimateChanging The WorldPocketsWorthwhilePortionsDrizztDrizzt Do Urden Author:R. A. Salvatore
“The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief.” PeopleBelieveMadeSelfCountryKidsFightingParentLeadershipLinesTeachAudiencePlayerSacrificeAchieveFootballTaughtCommunicationDisciplineLessonsDrugBasketballMajorityPopulationWideCoachesThese DaysCoachingReliefNbaTeamworkSelf DisciplineAddictCaptivesDrug AddictCrooksFootball Coach Author:Bear Bryant
“For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality.” WayMindFormFightingDifficultLinesBehindsMilitaryDisciplineHandleCuriousSpiteAggressiveMixturesAustralianToughnessSentimentalityQuestionableScotsGallantryImpetuous Author:Adrian Carton de Wiart
“People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.” PeopleWorldNeedsDifferentAsksUnderstandingLinesCompanyClassEconomyTeamBuildingDisciplineEconomicsManagementBottomFinancialCustomersAsk MeBottom LineWorld ClassFinancial Discipline Author:Meg Whitman
“[Fatherhood] is everything.... The hardest job in the world, the most rewarding job in the world.... We put in long days. And to go home and have dinner with your kids, and have to discipline one of them who's out of line, and still have the energy for that is.... I can't explain the fulfillment of that, but it is everything.” WorldLongStillsI CanHomeKidsJobsEnergyLinesDadDisciplineDinnerHardestFulfillmentFatherhoodLong DayBeing A DadHardest Job Author:Brad Pitt