1,141 Quotes About Discipline

If you manage yourself, you control the flow of your time to the right direction. It takes self-discipline to be at the center of control for your own time.

it is easier to work on your integrity when no one knows you, than to start working on it when you are at the top

Laziness is the embodiment of self-control.

YELLING silences your message. Speak quietly so your children can hear your words instead of just your voice.

Little eyes watch what we do far more than little ears hear what we say. It is how we live, not how we demand they live, that has the most impact on who our children will become.

Respond to your children with love intheir worst momentstheir broken momentstheir angry momentstheir selfish momentstheir lonely momentstheir frustrated momentstheir inconvenient momentsbecause it is in their mostunlovable human momentsthat they most need to feel loved.

Listen instead of lecture. Communicate instead of command. Relate instead of retaliate. Be flexible instead of being fixated on getting your own way. Seek to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem. In short, behave the way you want your children to learn to behave.

In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and sin no more'). But with the whole scope of his love, or maturity in Christ, we begin relying on him for guidance where we would prefer him to walk beside us rather than behind us.

Human making is our mission, but if you break the very soul of the would-be humans, then there will be no human to raise.