“If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up with is the United States government.” IfsStatesGovernmentEarthLastsUnitedUnited StatesDisciplineEconomicsInstrumentsStartingCome UpScratchesState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Meg Greenfield
“The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.” HelpingDecisionDisciplineStartingFinishingBookends Author:John C. Maxwell
“When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!” GivingWritingDoeEndsSchoolDifferencesPiecesMiddleAdviceTalentStudentsDisciplineEasierStartingSentencesBridgesSeatsChairsPantsOne WordFinishingParagraphBest AdviceWords Of AdviceFinishing It Author:E. L. Konigsburg
“It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a tradesman - a tradesman in a good honest trade. You must learn the technical skills, and then, within that trade, you can apply your own creative ideas, but you must submit them to the discipline of form.” PeopleThinkingIdeasFormHeavenBornCreativeHonestGeniusDisciplineSkillsTradeStartingSubmitStarting OutCreative IdeasTechnical Skills Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
“I still wanted to get into the NBA. I was still on the team, I was a starting point guard and I was on and off the team because of my grades. That was the thing, discipline, discipline, discipline, and then I was going home to a very strict dad. He ran the house like the military.” StillsHomeWantedHouseTeamMilitaryDadDisciplineStartingRanGradesNbaStrictStarting PointAnd OffGoing HomePoint Guard Author:Ryan Montgomery