Keep neither a blunt knife nor an ill-disciplined looseness of tongue.
—Epictetus
Showing posts with label discipline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discipline. Show all posts
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Post #1953
That discipline which corrects the baseness of worldly passion; fortifies the heart with virtuous principles; enlightens the mind with useful knowledge and furnishes it with enjoyment from within itself, is of more consequence to real felicity, than all the provision we can make of the goods of fortune.
—Hugh Blair
Friday, September 06, 2013
Monday, November 05, 2012
Post #1103
One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with your luck.
—Carl Zuckmayer
—Carl Zuckmayer
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Post #1082
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool
and unruffled under all circumstances.
—Thomas Jefferson
—Thomas Jefferson
Friday, September 14, 2012
Post #1059
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
—Zig Ziglar
—Zig Ziglar
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Post #922
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
—Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
—Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Post #690
Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints.
—Sir William Osler
—Sir William Osler
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Native Texan · Navy Veteran · Various Scars and Tattoos · No Talent, but yet a Character