Famous Quotes & Sayings

The peer review system is satisfactory during quiescent times, but not during a revolution in a discipline such as astrophysics, when the establishment seeks to preserve the status quo.

Aberjhani

When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary.

Sara Zarr

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

Jean Giraudoux

I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.

Adrian Rogers

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

We had discipline. It was very key for us. I had it with the football program. He had it in basketball, too. We ran a tight ship.

Robert Kiyosaki

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

virtually every discipline and endeavor is presently under a naturalistic pall.

It is fortunate that molecular synthesis also serves the utilitarian function of producing quantities of rare or novel substances which satisfy human needs, especially with regard to health, and the scientific function of stimulating research and education throughout the whole discipline of chemistry.

Dallas Willard

I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.

David Ogilvy

Shakespeare wrote his sonnets within a strict discipline, fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming in three quatrains and a couplet. Were his sonnets dull? Mozart wrote his sonatas within an equally rigid discipline - exposition, development, and recapitulation. Were they dull?.

Daisy Fuentes

Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.

We seemed really relaxed and focused. We showed a lot of potential and a lot of discipline at the plate.

Billy Graham

God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness.

Dogen

If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.

David Beckham

There are probably going to be many teams and many players who are going to try and wind Wayne Rooney up. He can handle it. Everyone knows he's a great talent. It's been well documented about his discipline but I don't think there's going to be a problem.

Gwendoline Christie

What I've always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has - the discipline and expression - letting you dance.

Flea

Lucky enough, through the public school system, I had been able to have some music education, and that gave me something to focus on, and discipline - like a family to feel part of. There was a healthy family.

The past few weeks the problem was we weren't tackling well, ... There was nothing wrong with the schemes, we were where we needed to be at. This week, we were there and we made the tackles. Discipline defense.

What killed us early was a lack of discipline and what saved us late was playing with discipline.

Karen Armstrong

Religion is a practical discipline and it's one that we have always done, ever since humanity appeared on the scene when Homo sapiens became Homo sapiens. Sapiens became a human being, our minds very naturally segue into transcendence.