~ Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as artificially silent as a mute and as immovable as a paralytic. He is an individual annihilated, not disciplined. ~
~ If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. ~
~ The first and the best victory is to conquer self. ~
~ The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others. ~
~ 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. ~
~ Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. ~
~ Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul ~
~ Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline. ~
~ It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. ~