To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
Virginia WoolfMost people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. So I get up early in the morning, 4 o’clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that’s enough. In the afternoon, I run. The next day, the dream will continue.
Haruki MurakamiIt is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
Thomas JeffersonWe praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
AristotleSometimes I lose my temper.
Noam ChomskyMy mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.
Ruth Bader GinsburgWar is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
Carl von ClausewitzWhen individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.
Jocko WillinkIt’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.
Lando NorrisYour teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.
LeBron JamesI grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.
Nipsey HussleAnybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
AristotleI shoot the ball so well that sometimes you fall in love with it and think it’ll get you out of certain situations.
Stephen CurryWhen we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.
Ralph Waldo EmersonGenius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
George EliotIt is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
EpictetusAs a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.
Virat KohliI do not raise brats!
Abby Lee MillerIt is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
Blaise PascalI’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ‚em out, I pick the round.
Muhammad AliI want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don’t understand what is going on.
Alice WalkerBetween stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.
Stephen CoveyDiscourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham LincolnThe age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline… because you need to be alone to find out anything.
Vivienne WestwoodIf you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
Gilbert K. ChestertonMental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘
David GogginsLet us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
Alexander HamiltonWhen we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
Khalil GibranI want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.
Virat KohliThere’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
Wayne DyerYou must keep raising this game to higher and higher levels, as on the pool table – mastering eventually the psychological angles. Your playing is a pleasure, all the way to the end, to death, when the game is over.
Robert GreeneDiplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.
Will RogersSome people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.
Conor McGregorNever hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Winston ChurchillThe most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Carl JungWant balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.
Stephen CoveyUnless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
Jimmy CarterOne ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
Friedrich NietzscheCompassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.
Thich Nhat HanhWhen I checked into SEAL Team One many years ago, one of the things that I noticed was there was this old guy, who was younger than I am today, who I decided that I was going to be like. I wanted to emulate what he was doing, and one of those things was he got to work before anybody else.
Jocko WillinkOne rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.
Cristiano RonaldoWhen you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
Jackie ChanI make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.
LeBron JamesThere is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
George S. PattonClean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That’s my thoughts.
Conor McGregorThe only thing wrong with the NBA – or any other professional sport, for that matter – is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules.
Hunter S. ThompsonTo me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.
Tom BradySilence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.
Taylor SwiftNotifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.
Jim MattisPolitics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
Winston ChurchillA disagreement or incident involving someone who’s not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.
Joel OsteenThe discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
John SteinbeckMan must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don’t really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.
Virat KohliThe way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
Bob Uecker‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!
Dave GrohlThe army teaches boys to think like men.
Elvis PresleyI played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That’s when I knew I had some athletic ability.
LeBron JamesIntervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
Nelson MandelaWe must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Jim Rohn