Best Discipline Quotes to Help You Stay Focused - page 52

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.
Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.
 George V. Higgins
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.
 Sydney J. Harris
We cannot learn freedom and responsibility within the confines of our own species. We cannot understand life and death and what they are for in exclusively human terms. Without that which is wild, the world becomes a cell block.
 Stephanie Mills
If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free
We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach.
 Frederick William Faber
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
 Francois Rabelais
It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.
 John Howard
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
 Maxwell Maltz
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
 David Brin
Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so doing took responsibility for my own life.
 Stephen Lang
The only thing more difficult than being a God is being Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke has all these responsibilities, to save the planet. To save the world. To redeem Thom Yorke.
 Thom Yorke
If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.
 Leo Buscaglia
In LA, too many people want to go the quickest route from A to B. Method acting offers them that.
 Corin Nemec
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
The spirit is something to be enjoyed. It is not a harsh discipline. And I think people should take some time everyday for some kind of moving meditation, like Qigong or Tai Chi.
 Shirley MacLaine
We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today.
It reflects no great honour on a painter to be able to execute one thing well.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
I think people who struggle to define themselves might never be satisfied because there is no definition. Living with responsibility is important, but I don't really think you have to grow up.
 Kristen Bell