“I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline, the sensations, but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly, to try to understand things.” ThinkingTryingYearsHas BeensImportantOpportunityDisciplinePrisonSensations Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLittlesI CanSelfPlayFactsTogetherOpportunitySportsUnderstandingGoalRolesIssuesImagineTeamTaughtVictoryDisciplineHealthyFemaleImportanceCompetitionDefeatGenderFactorsDiscussionWorking TogetherGovernorsSelf DisciplineAbsentGraciousVictory And DefeatHealthy Competition Author:Sarah Palin
“...Simplifications have had a much greater long-range scientific impact than individual feats of ingenuity. The opportunity for simplification is very encouraging, because in all examples that come to mind the simple and elegant systems tend to be easier and faster to design and get right, more efficient in execution, and much more reliable than the more contrived contraptions that have to be debugged into some degree of acceptability....Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.” MindLongHardOpportunityIndividualSimpleGreaterAchieveExampleDesignHard WorkDisciplineEasierDegreesImpactSimplicityFasterRangeEfficientExecutionElegantAppreciatedEleganceIngenuityFeatsSimplificationSimplicity And Elegance Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“When we use punishment, our children are robbed of the opportunity to develop their own inner discipline-the ability to act with integrity, wisdom, compassion, and mercy when there is no external force holding them accountable for what they do.” ChildrenUseOpportunityForceAbilityCompassionDisciplineIntegrityMercyOur ChildrenPunishmentExternal Forces Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient struggle against adverse circumstance, by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but they attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris or London to enter upon.” MenNeedsArtUseArtistCoursesOpportunityEffortStruggleHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesArt IsLaborOvercomingDifficultyExcellencePatientActiveLondonImpressionParisRomePassiveGreat ArtModeratesGreat ArtistManlyAdverseEminenceThrifty Author:George Stillman Hillard
“The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.” MenSelfYoungPurposeReadingOpportunityChanceAbilityStudyPlansPositionHabitDisciplineExerciseSelf ImprovementOrganizationFellowsImprovementYoung ManRisingAddressesAssociationSelf DisciplineEarnestCompassAffording Author:B. C. Forbes
“The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers discipline. The life I experienced in the service was an education I could never have obtained as a cowboy.” PeopleWorldOpportunityMilitaryTaughtDisciplineArmySoldierPlusCustomsCowboy Author:Tom Johnson
“You live in a time of great challenges and opportunities. As spirit sons of heavenly parents, you are free to make the right choices. This requires hard work, self-discipline, and an optimistic outlook, which will bring joy and freedom into your life now and in the future.” SelfHardJoySpiritChoicesOpportunityParentChallengesSonHard WorkDisciplineOptimisticHeavenlySelf DisciplineOutlookRight ChoicesMake The Right ChoiceOpportunities And Challenges Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.” IfsHardMotivationalTodaySuccessOpportunityBusinessHard WorkDisciplineTrainingFrightenedMotivatedBusiness SuccessSuccess In LifeMondayCongratulationsGreat WorkTough TimesHuman ResourcesBig BusinessMotivational BusinessSuccesBusiness OwnersMotivational WorkWill To SucceedBusiness OpportunityFormula For SuccessInspiring BusinessDrive And SuccessWork RelatedHard Work SuccessHard Work Comes SuccessInspired To WorkHard Work MotivationalInspirational Hard WorkMotivation And Hard WorkHard Work And SuccessSucceeding In BusinessWhen Things Get ToughPositive BusinessInternet Business Author:David Rockefeller
“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.” KnowsMenArtWarOpportunityEnemyKnow HowIndustryDisciplineBenefitsTrainingBraveArt Of WarFuryConcealedProceeding Book:The Complete Art of War Source: The Complete Art of War
“Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.” KnowsNeedsMeanDifferentSuccessOpportunityPrinciplesCreativitySuccessfulSourceDisciplineCapableToolsStressInnovationEntrepreneurSymptomsExploits Book:Innovation and Entrepreneurship Source: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“Value investing is simple to understand but difficult to implement. Value investors are not supersophisticated analytical wizards who create and apply intricate computer models to find attractive opportunities or assess underlying value. The hard part is discipline, patience, and judgment. Investors need discipline to avoid the many unattractive pitches that are thrown, patience to wait for the right pitch, and judgment to know when it is time to swing.” KnowsNeedsHardValuesOpportunityWaitingDifficultSimpleDisciplineJudgmentComputerModelsInvestingAttractiveThrownInvestorsSwingsWizardsIntricateUnattractive Author:Seth Klarman