#discipline

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves. If we are directed from Washington (heads of an organization) when to sow and when to reap, we will soon want for bread. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#political-philosophy #small-government #discipline

The young need discipline and a full bookcase. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#youth #discipline

A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain...This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines - they are a way of sowing to the Spirit... By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done. ↗

— Richard J. Foster

#faith #god #growing #jesus #faith

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#between #children #cruelty #discipline #does

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#appropriate #discipline #inventions #player #such

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing. ↗

— Henry Moore

#discipline #drawing #fundamental #much #oneself

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#because #discipline #looking #love #sell

A well rounded education never hurt anyone". ~R. Alan Woods [1999] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#education-discipline #education-knowledge #education-study-studying #educational-enrichment #r-alan-woods-r-alan-woods

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. ↗

— John Patrick

#culture #disciplines #distribution #existing #experienced

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#versa #vice #vice versa #wisdom