Sobre la disciplina

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”

“Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.”

“False scheduling to match the patron's desired date is much more common in our discipline than elsewhere in engineering.”

“There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.”

“Because what is a human being? Part of a community – the community of gods and men, primarily, and secondarily that of the city we happen to inhabit, which is only a microcosm of the universe in toto.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

“Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.”

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

“Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.”

“The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.”

“Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture.”

“Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.”

“The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise.”

“Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Mean! Rare have they long been among the people, who could practice it!”

“Toleration ... is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.”

“The mind is hard to check, swift, it flits wherever it lists; to control it is good. A controlled mind brings happiness.”

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

“The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.”

“Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.”

“Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.”

“But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.”

“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.”

“At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.”

“Software is a discipline of detail, and that is a deep, horrendous fundamental problem with software.”

“Practice yourself, for heavens sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”

“I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.”

“No one bill will cure the problem of spam. It will take a combined effort of legislation, litigation, enforcement, customer education, and technology solutions.”

“Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself indeed, it seems to execute itself.”

“Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.”