Quoty: quotes tagged with 'discipline'

I believe in a system�of some kind for self-edu...

I believe in a system�of some kind for self-education. It doesn't have to be formal classes or courses. It may be an informal discussion group or a well-conceived reading program. But without some system or external discipline, most adults tend to give up after a good start on something and fall back into old ways.

Is the gaining of knowledge the main purpose of continued education? I don't believe so. The knowledge explosion is so vast and so rapid, no one, giving all his time, could keep up. If it's not knowledge, what then is it? To keep intellectually alive, to renew ourselves, to learn how to learn, how to adapt, how to change, what not to change.

We must develop a felling and competence within�that we can "make a go of it" in any situation, regardless of what happens. One main source of this confidence is continuing education.�

Author: Stephen R. Covey , Source: "Spiritual Roots of Human Relations", Deseret Book 1970 - 8th printing, pp.86-87
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Our sense of belonging to one another�best repr...

Our sense of belonging to one another�best represented by the bonds of kinship�foreshadows our belonging in the eternal family of God. Our willingness to discipline our desires enough to honor commitments to loved ones prepares us to belong to him who is our Father. As we thus learn to �belong,� we can experience for ourselves the meaning of those searching lines about belonging from �The King of Love My Shepherd Is�:

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.

Another verse of the hymn reads:

I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine forever.

Belonging can be forever, because love can be forever.

Was Carolyn Hemenway Harman, the mother who buried three husbands, reared two families, and was Relief Society president for eighteen years �liberated�? Many people in today�s society would say no�imagine yielding one�s life in perpetual service to husbands, children, and neighbors whose needs consumed her very life! They might have said to her, �Aunt Carrie, get out from under all that. You�re entitled to a little happiness of your own. It�s time somebody waited on you for a change. Don�t let them do this to you. You don�t belong to them.�

But Aunt Carrie knew better; for the King of Love was her Shepherd. She loved and served him by loving and serving those to whom she fully and freely belonged. She was theirs, and they were hers�forever! In thus belonging, she who gave her life, a day at a time, to serving other people for the Master�s sake also found her life and her liberation; for she came to know the truth, and the truth made her free. May we be wise enough to emulate her.
Author: Bruce C. Hafen, Source: The Waning of Belonging. nsign, Oct 1989, 68�72: http://www.l...
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Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but...

Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but before we deliberately make children unhappy in order to get them to get into the car, or to do their homework or whatever, we need to weigh whether what we're doing to make it happen is worth the possible strain on our relationship with them.
Author: Alfie Kohn, Source: alfiekohn.com
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What are we doing to keep the light shining in ...

What are we doing to keep the light shining in our own eyes and countenances? Much of that light comes from our discipline, dedication, and consecration to some important absolutes. The foremost of these absolutes is that there is a God who is the Father of our souls to whom we account for our actions. Second, that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Third, that the great plan of happiness requires obedience to God's commandments. Fourth, that the greatest gift of God is eternal life.
Author: James E Faust, Source: The Light in Their Eyes, General Conference Oct 2005
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It is often said that a man's personal religion...

It is often said that a man's personal religion grows out of the uses to which he puts his moments of solitude. A sure mark of an irreligious person is one who hates to ever be alone, who must be constantly amused by radio, television, canasta or idle companionship. Such shows the lack of self-discipline and self-determination.
Author: Gilbert M. Holloway, Source: Unknown
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Develop discipline of self so that, more and mo...

Develop discipline of self so that, more and more, you do not have to decide and redecide what you will do when you are confronted with the same temptation time and time again. You need only to decide some things once. How great a blessing it is to be free of agonizing over and over again regarding a temptation. To do such is time-consuming and very risky.
Author: Spencer W. Kimball, Source: President Kimball Speaks Out (1981), 94
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Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our purs...

Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit for perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure. Proper self-management and self-discipline in all of our trials brings strength.
Author: Marvin J. Ashton, Source: �Adversity and You,� Ensign, Nov. 1980, 54
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no o...

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Author: Leo Tolstoy, Source: Unknown
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I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing ...

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know that it has to get down to earth.
Author: Pearl Buck, Source: Unknown
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Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let o...

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
Author: Jim Rohn, Source: Unknown
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Edison was once asked how he accomplished so mu...

Edison was once asked how he accomplished so much. He said, 'It is deceptively simple. You and I have eighteen hours in a day in which we do something. You spend that eighteen hours doing a number of unrelated things. I spend it doing just one thing, and some of my work is bound to amount to something.
Author: Sterling W. Sill, Source: The Missionary's Little Quote Book by Dale Jeffrey
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You may have heard the expression mind over mat...

You may have heard the expression mind over matter. I would like to ...phrase it a little differently: spirit over body. That is self-mastery.
Author: Russell M. Nelson, Source: Ensign, November 1985
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Perhaps the most valuable result of all educati...

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
Author: Walter Bagehot, Source: Unknown
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Self-mastery is a continuous program--a journey...

Self-mastery is a continuous program--a journey . . . Men do not suddenly become righteous any more than a tiny acorn suddenly becomes an oak.
Author: Spencer W. Kimball, Source: The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 210
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The best advice I ever came across on the subje...

The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two.
Author: Jim Rohn, Source: Unknown
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