Sobre la disciplina

“A change in bad habits leads to a change in life.”

“Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.”

“The tools we use have a profound and devious influence on our thinking habits, and therefore on our thinking abilities.”

“By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.”

“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”

“Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself indeed, it seems to execute itself.”

“Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture.”

“The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.”

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

“Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.”

“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.”

“Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.”

“Irrigators regulate the rivers; fletchers straighten the arrow shaft; carpenters shape the wood; the wise control themselves.”

“Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.”

“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.”

“You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning.”

“Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve.”

“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.”

“Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art.”

“Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.”

“Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.”

“Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.”

“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”

“I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.”

“Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake without fish.”

“If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.”

“Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.”

“Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Mean! Rare have they long been among the people, who could practice it!”

“Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.”

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.”