“I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.” KindWantedPracticeOne ThingDisciplineLessonsVery GoodDuesPianoSchedulesTorontoInstructorsPiano Lesson Author:Geddy Lee
“To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.” ThinkingMenMayLittlesPlayWinningWomenDisciplineVery GoodHeroismImitationRenounceLittle Women Book:Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life Source: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
“There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.” JobsArtistPassionWhiteAttentionCreativeMysteryDisciplineHotVery GoodAwfulPipeGlamorousCreative Artists Author:Tom Hanks
“In certain areas I don't function well and in other areas I function very well. I'm very good professionally. I have good discipline, I'm able to write every day and do films and not go six times over the budget. I mean I'm a coherent person, but I also don't like to go through tunnels when I travel. I'm claustrophobic.” WritingWellsMeanPersonsAbleFilmCertainDisciplineSixAreasFunctionVery GoodBudgetsTunnelsGood Discipline Author:Woody Allen
“Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character. Golfing is more than keeping the left arm straight. Every good golfer is a complex engine that runs on ability, ego, determination, discipline, patience, confidence, and other qualities that are self-taught. So it is with writers and all creative artists. If their values are solid their work is likely to be solid.” IfsSelfMatterCharacterRunningArtistValuesLeftAbilityQualityCreativeTaughtArmsDisciplineEgoDeterminationComplexesVery GoodEnginesPackagesGolfersGolfingGood WritersCreative ArtCreative ArtistsSelf Taught Author:William Zinsser
“I learned that unless you start working, if you're frozen out of work, you will never learn the habits, the discipline, the values of cooperation and improvement unless you get a job, and that's what statistic show. It's, unless you get a job and keep it, you will not get out of poverty. If you do, you have a very good chance of working out of poverty.” IfsShowsJobsValuesChancePovertyHabitDisciplineVery GoodWork OutImprovementCooperationFrozenGood Chance Author:Charles Koch
“Acting is a different discipline. On stage I'm free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.” DifferentActingStageDisciplinePleaseVery Good Author:Billy Connolly
“I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key. We're very good at organizing and discipline and patience, and patience is 50 per cent of editing. You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.” ThinkingMenBelievePersonsDifferencesQualityKeysDisciplineMen And WomenVery GoodEditorsCentsEditingBanging Author:Thelma Schoonmaker
“The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.” WellsDoeDisciplineVery GoodSelf DisciplineCompetent Author:Brian Tracy