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“The difference between punishment and discipline is a powerful child.”

Children Differences Powerful Discipline Punishment

Book:Loving Our Kids on Purpose

Source: Loving Our Kids on Purpose

“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways thatgive their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents' love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We're afraid we'll lose the love of our children when we don't let them have their way.”

Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor

“The habits of feeling, action and judgment that comprise good character depend on personal self-discipline and powerful aspiration to become a good person, all of which must be drawn from within.”

Persons Self Character Feelings Action Powerful Depends Habit Discipline Judgment Aspiration Self Discipline Good Person Good Character

Book:Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing

Source: Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing

“The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith and to become one's own person, utterly and completely.”

Persons Body Asks Pleasure Powerful Discipline Glory Tunes Strain Marathon Forsake

Book:Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great

Source: Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great

“A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.”

Powerful Successful Habit Discipline Built Routine Good Habits Daily Routines

Author:Darren Hardy

“Kaz's art is a powerful example of discipline and freedom. His classical calligraphy captures the inner movement and stillness of the brush and mind.”

Mind Art Powerful Example Movement Discipline Art Is Capture Stillness Brushes Calligraphy

Author:Joan Halifax

“It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.”

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Author:Vince Lombardi

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

“When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart”

Heart Individual Church Powerful Discipline Demand Conviction Motivated

Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of a few individuals or a narrow clique, but for the interests of the broad masses and of the whole nation. The sole purpose of this army is to stand firmly with the Chinese people and to serve them whole-heartedly.”

People Whole Together Purpose Fighting Individual Nations Interest Powerful Discipline Members Mass Conscious Army Chinese Broads Sole Stand Firm Clique

Book:Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung

Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung

“No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.”

Inspirational Humans Heart May Evil Powerful Discipline Hatred Philosophical Self Discipline Human Heart Propensity

Author:Seneca the Elder

“This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but in realizing the fact that there is no such existence from the first.”

Firsts Self Facts Spiritual Realizing Powerful Existence Discipline Block Stumbling Actuality Spiritual Disciplines Stumbling Blocks

Book:Zen and the Birds of Appetite

Source: Zen and the Birds of Appetite

“I've seen some springs that ended up being terrible winters. We human beings are gregarious. We can't live alone. For our lives to be possible, we depend on society. It's one thing to overturn a government or block the streets. But it's a different matter altogether to create and build a better society, one that needs organization, discipline and long-term work. Let's not confuse the two of them. I want to make it clear: I feel sympathetic with that youthful energy, but I think it's not going anywhere if it doesn't become more mature.”

“Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.”

Want Together Forget Powerful Four Team Balance Discipline Organization Execution Inspirational Team

Author:Stephen Covey