In order to listen one must be silent. For in silence one can learn. But in this day and age we are surrounded by noise, and it takes a disciplined human being to learn the art of silence. Before you speak, listen. For it is in the silence that strategy, security, and serenity can be [...]
We live in a world where many parents have forgotten the art of disciplining their children. Two hundred teenagers recently rioted in a nearby seaside suburb, and then the local community is calling for more police. But the reality of the situation is this. There are two hundred sets of parents out there who have [...]
To write a goal is admirable. Few do it. But that is only the starting point. Once you have written your goal – and I like to write it as if it has already been achieved – and attached a date to it when you wish to see it achieved, it is then that the [...]
‘Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.’ Proverbs 5:23 ‘The road to life is a disciplined life; ignore correction and you’re lost for good.’ Proverbs 10:17 ‘If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it – how shortsighted to refuse correction.’ Proverbs [...]
Richard Foster writes in Reasons To Be Glad that ‘The disciplined person is the person who can do what needs to be done when it needs to be done. The disciplined person is the person who can live in the appropriateness of the hour. The extreme ascetic and the glutton have exactly the same problem: [...]
Just this week I came across a quote written by the world famous quote supplier called Anonymous. And here it is: Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. As a boy, before the age of 12, I recall never ever wanting to perform in a pleasing [...]
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