Quotes about Discipline
The superior man limits his achievements.
— Confucius
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice must become a part of everyday life.
— Pope John Paul II
No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
— Thomas a Kempis
If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.
— CS Lewis
A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.
— GK Chesterton
A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
— Mahatma Gandhi
When a man fasts, it is not the gallons of water he drinks that sustains him, but God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.
— Mahatma Gandhi
A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular.
— Martin Luther
There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.
— Publilius Syrus
The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which enslaves them for their own good.
— Henry David Thoreau
I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.
— Henry David Thoreau