Disciplined Quotes
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My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth . Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier.
— Lin Yutang, in The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening
I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined , and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do.
— Suzanne Farrell, in Interview: Suzanne Farrell, Ballerina Extraordinaire, Academy of Achievement, 16 December 1990
This is not orderly... this is not disciplined... you're on my campus, buddy, and when I say I want quiet, I mean
— Who: Principal Snyder (Armin Shimerman)
— Source: Episode 3.22 "Graduation Day, Part Two"
— Note: Character, an incredibly delusional and abusive man who had caused trouble for Buffy and her friends on several occassions, is addressing an extremely large demon that has appeared during a graduation ceremony. He is eaten before he can finish his criticism.
I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.
sadao araki— Quoted in "President Proposes" - Time Magazine - July 4, 1932
For we are not all equally afflicted with the same disease or all in need of the same severe cure. This is the reason why we see different persons disciplined with different crosses. The heavenly Physician takes care of the well-being of all his patients; he gives some a milder medicine and purifies others by more shocking treatments, but he omits no one; for the whole world, without exception, is ill (Deut 32:15).
john calvin— Page 55 (Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life)
...the power [...] has never disarmed, is today in certain respects stronger than ever, possesses a much better disciplined, more unconditionally submissive throng of officials than in any former century, and is only waiting for the hour when it can unscrupulously assert itself.
houston stewart chamberlain— (about the Catholic Church)
The only salvation for us is to stop being an incoherent, loose mob and to change into a strongly organized, disciplined army.
roman dmowski— "Walka o prawo i organizacja narodowa", Przegl?d Wszechpolski, vol. 9 (June 1903).
At the root of the assault on our liberties is, in fact, an assault on our character--an assault that assumes that we are not good enough to be free, and that aims to make sure that we are no longer strong enough, courageous enough, disciplined enough to be a free people.
alan keyes— Rally in Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 12, 2000.[19]
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
Roman Polanski— As quoted in The Everything Cryptograms Book (2005) by Nikki Katz
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in human nature; by a strong sense of God's love; by long and disciplined realization of the atoning love of Christ; only thus can we get a free, manly, large, princely spirit of forgiveness.
frederick william robertson— P. 252. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
I've never minded being disciplined. I'd always rather have a quiet evening in than go to a wild party. Discipline for me has always been the foundation which leaves me free to fly.
julie andrews— Woman & Home (July 2000)
The analysis of laughter had opened to me points of contact between the fundamentals of a communal and disciplined emotional knowledge and those of discursive knowledge.
georges bataille— p. xxxiii (L’Expérience Intérieure (1943))
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
Anton Chekhov— Letter to V.A. Posse (February 15, 1900)
To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is not the art of eluding responsibility ; it means acting in compliance with orders received, and therefore finding in one's own mind, by effort and reflection, the possibility to carry out such orders. It also means finding in one's own will the energy to face the risks involved in execution.
Ferdinand Foch— p. (Precepts and Judgments (1919))
Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns; it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies, they're disciplined troops, unconquered, to be placed in rhythm, the mind's most mighty foe, and not disperse in air. I'd give, believe me, a whole land for one good song, for I know well that only words, that words alone, like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death.
Nikos Kazantzakis— Pharaoh, Book X, line 688
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
john f. kennedy— The quote "Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans" is one of seven quotes inscribed on the walls at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. One can see it inscribed on the walls at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery.
Another may be more expert in casting [throwing] his opponent; but he is not more social, nor more modest, nor better disciplined to meet all that happens, nor more considerate with respect to the faults of his neighbors.
marcus aurelius— VII, 52. (Book VII)
A disciplined mind brings happiness.
Buddha— The Dhammapada, verse 35
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
Buddha
One of the central axioms of extreme programming is the disciplined use of regression testing during stepwise software development.
— Thomas A. Henzinger et al. (2004) "Extreme model checking." Verification: Theory and Practice. p. 180-181.
[Software engineering is] the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software .
— IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology,” IEEE std 610.12-1990, 1990.
In the Sabdam, emotions are withheld at the beginning; thereafter, when the dancer has clarified herself, they are released in a measured and disciplined manner. It is after, mastering this discipline that she dances the Varnam which is a living river that holds together movement and interpretation.
— In "T Balasaraswati On Bharatanatyam"
I call him Rama. You can call him by any other name but have faith in him, surrender all worldy desires and passions to his will and without effort, become disciplined and principled.
— Quoted in "A Garden of Deeds: Ramacharitmanas, a Message of Human Ethics",p.5
A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies.
— George Washington, January 8, 1790, First State of the Union Address [12]; part of this accurate quote has also been used as part of improperly altered statements on the internet, and a few published works, such as America : The Final Chapter (2009) by Jessi Winchester, p. 213: "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." See also NRA edited version available on t-shirts: "A free people ought to be armed - George Washington." [13].
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in human nature; by a strong sense of God's love; by long and disciplined realization of the atoning love of Christ; only thus can we get a free, manly, large, princely spirit of forgiveness.
— F. W. Robertson, p. 252 (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers)
