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A colt is worth little if it does not break its halter.
-Proverb
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Who loves well, chastises well.
-Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
-Proverb
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Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
-Julie Andrews
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What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
-Aristotle
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If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.
-Critias of Athens
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No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
-Henry Ward Beecher
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The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 29:15
-Bible
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No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
-John S. Bonnell
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No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
-Miguel de Cervantes
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Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.
-Marie Chapian
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No one is free who does not lord over himself.
-Claudius
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So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.
-Charles Horton Cooley
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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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Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.
-Will Durant
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Self-command is the main discipline.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
-Epictetus
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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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Without discipline, there is no life at all.
-Katharine Hepburn
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Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.
-Johann Gottfried Von Herder
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Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
-Abraham J. Heschel
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Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.
-W. K. Hope
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Books about Discipline
