Category: Discipline

Limited Time

Live life to the fullest because you only get to live it once.

— Unknown —

Live life to the fullest because you only get to live it once…

Self Control

The difference between want and need is self control.

— Unknown —

The difference between want and need is self control…

Study and Prepare

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

— Horace —

Proverbs 15:14, “A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash.” (NLT)

Excellence

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

— Colin Powell —

What a great quote from a great man! How are you when it comes to taking care of the little matters? Paying attention to the smallest details is often the difference between good and excellent. Prayer for the day-Heavenly Father, please give me the desire to do the little things with excellence, regardless of how…

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Slow adds Speed

Sometimes you need to slow down so you can speed up.

— Unknown —

Sometimes you need to slow down to speed up…

Greatness & Sacrifice

The good and the great are only separated by their willingness to sacrifice.

— Kareem Abdul Jabbar —

The good and the great are only separated by their willingness to sacrifice.  ~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar I enjoy watching the Olympics.  My heart grows warm when I see an athlete stand atop the podium with a gold medal draped around her neck and tears flowing from her eyes. I always wonder what the tears represent.  I…

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Happiness Chasing

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

— Don Herold —

“Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.”  ~Don Herold I spend my professional life helping others figure out where they want to go and how to get there.  Of the people I’ve assisted, a small percentage of them actually stay on the strategic path they created.  Most become distracted…

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Self Respect

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

— Abraham Heschel —

“Self-respect is the root of discipline:  The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”  ~Abraham Heschel This is so true. What are you needing to say no to? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.  Proverbs 25:28 (NIV)

A Discipline of Purpose

The successful person has the habit of doing things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily; but their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.

— E.M. Gray —

  This is my favorite quote on discipline.  The last word of the quote is key and many people fail to identify their purpose in life and their life wanders aimlessly like a ship without a rudder. I’ve committed my 2016 posts to helping you make the most of yourself and that begins with finding…

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Self Control

The difference between want and need is self control.

— Unknown —

  In a society where everything seems to be able to happen instantly, self control is the key to maintaining peace, sanity and progress. Having the ability to overcome the urge to act on the short term good in order to wait for the long term great seems to be a lost art these days…

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