#discipline

Oh, my father, such a difficult man. His world turned on his axis. From "The Father Tamer" in BREATHE IN ↗

— Eileen Granfors

#discipline #families #father #love #secrets

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. ↗

— Ann Landers

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Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world. ↗

— Cesar Millan

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The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#discipline #life #life

Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#grace #gratitude #spiritual-discipline #thankfulness #life

An undisciplined mind is a wasted one, which will be reflected in the life of the one who possesses such a mind. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mindset #stephen-richards #undisciplined-mind #wayward-mind #life

you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment. ↗

— H. Ross Perot

#commitment #humility #self-discipline #life

The Bible is teh means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service. Secured by the knowledge that in Christ, our origin... and destination is God, we will yield the fruit of service to God. This is the "so what" of our Bible reading. Does it shape our spirits in love and humility? Does it lead us more fully into life with God? (Life with God, p. 34-35) ↗

— Richard Foster

#devotions #disciplines #life-with-god #spiritual-formation #life

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#discipline #obedience #procrastination #stewardship #tithing

I do not have it in for relativism. In many respects I find it a fascinating, even attractive, alternative. It engenders epistemological humility, defeats an arrogant pomposity in belief, even promotes a sort of democratic ideal in matters of knowledge. Perhaps its most comforting feature is that it requires no hard work at all in the matter of justifying beliefs. ↗

— David L. Wolfe

#philosophical-inquiry #relativism #respect