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"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."
-Stephen Covey
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A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline.
-John Dewey, Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, "New York: The Free Press", 1916
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Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.
-Dr. James Dobson
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If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.
-William Feather
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No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.
-Harry Emerson Fosdick
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"Discipline is not something I impose on you so I can control you. Rather, it is something you must develop within yourself so you can become the best person you can be, not the one who could have been.”
["I said this to my class of 9th graders once and had to stop everything and write it down"]
-Timothy F. Hough
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.
-Lao-Tzu
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Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don't even observe them closely enough to become aware of when their need for our disciplinary assistance is expressed subtley.
-M Scott Peck
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When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.
-M Scott Peck
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We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
-Jim Rohn
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Books about Discipline
