Quotes about Discipline
We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer. Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God, setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.
— John Calvin
The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray
— John Piper
Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
— Bill Hybels
It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.
— Martin Luther
Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
— Timothy Keller
If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.
— Bill Hybels
I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.
— CS Lewis
With prayer, you may be able to start one discipline or habit that will overflow into many more positive, God-honoring traits.
— Craig Groeschel
One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.
— Oswald Chambers
It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Liberty, in so far as it is of any value, always means self-control in both the senses of that term: in the sense that we are only controlled by ourselves, and also in the sense that by ourselves we are controlled, and that every part of our nature is subservient to the purpose to which our whole nature is given.
— William Temple
A light to guide, a rod to check the erring, and reprove.
— William Wordsworth