„The working class will acquire the sense of the new discipline, the freely assumed self-discipline of the Social Democracy, not as a result of the discipline imposed on it by the capitalist state, but by extirpating, to the last root, its old habits of obedience and servility.“

„Discipline is the virtue that begins in obedience and flowers in self-control.“

—  Ted Malloch American businessman 1952

Origine: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 32.

„Discipline in itself is not a corrupt concept, only discipline that is imposed rather than self-calculated.“

—  Jack Vance, Demon Princes

Origine: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Book of Dreams (1981), Chapter 14 (p. 347)

„Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. (for democracy) In Britain, the road to (democratic government) took seven centuries to traverse.“

—  Jeane Kirkpatrick American diplomat and Presidential advisor 1926 - 2006

Dictatorship and Double Standards, Commentary (New York, Nov. 1979), quoted in The Economist , 23 December 2006:131

„Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.“

—  Sydney J. Harris American journalist 1917 - 1986

Pieces of Eight (1982)

„I have learned that success in business, and perhaps in most aspects of life, requires both self-discipline and objectively imposed discipline from outside.“

—  Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Canadian-American businessman 1929 - 2013

Good Spirits.

„If the self-discipline of the free cannot match the iron discipline of the mailed fist“

—  John F. Kennedy 35th president of the United States of America 1917 - 1963

1961, Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Contesto: If the self-discipline of the free cannot match the iron discipline of the mailed fist-in economic, political, scientific and all the other kinds of struggles as well as the military-then the peril to freedom will continue to rise.

„Reference disciplines are existing bodies of knowledge that help establish the new discipline, that are a foundation of support for future work, and that are logical linkages to previous works. Throughout history, new disciplines have emerged from the need to solve new problems that are not fully addressed by existing disciplines. Emerging disciplines build upon the knowledge, subject matter, methods, tools, and theories of existing reference disciplines.“

—  Donald H. Liles American engineer 1947

Origine: The Enterprise Engineering Discipline (1996), p. 2

„Within a militarist community there is no freedom; there are only obedience and discipline.“

—  Ludwig von Mises, libro Omnipotent Government

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War (1944)
Contesto: The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount role assigned to the army within the political structure. Even in peacetime the army is supreme; it is the predominant factor in political life. The subjects must obey the government as soldiers must obey their superiors. Within a militarist community there is no freedom; there are only obedience and discipline.

„Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.“

—  Bruce Lee Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker 1940 - 1973

Part 6 "Beyond System — The Ultimate Source of Jeet Kune Do"
Jeet Kune Do (1997)

„Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous.“

—  Thomas Szasz Hungarian psychiatrist 1920 - 2012

The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary (1990)

„Preference is given to applicants just leaving school, as they have not yet lost their habit of discipline and obedience, and they retain more of what they have learnt there.“

—  Edward Cadbury British businessman 1873 - 1948

Origine: Experiments in industrial organization (1912), p. 2; Cited in: Felix Behling et al. (2015; 194)

„Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.“

—  Immanuel Kant German philosopher 1724 - 1804

Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 9
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Contesto: Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.

„Probably in most education systems in a sense we are stuck with the disciplines as we created them last, last century and before that.“

—  Horst Ludwig Störmer German physicist 1949

Small Wonders – The World of Nanoscience. Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture Series at Czech Technical University, Prague (October 19, 2006), http://www.honeywellscience.com/nobel-laureates/physics/horst-stormer

„So long as one is happy one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work.“

—  Graham Greene, libro The End of the Affair

Origine: The End of the Affair

„Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.“

—  Lou Holtz American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer 1937

„I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.“

—  Dallas Willard American philosopher 1935 - 2013

„Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.“

—  Julia Ward Howe American abolitionist, social activist, and poet 1819 - 1910

23 July 1875.
The Walk With God (1919)

„Democracy has become confused with ignorance, lack of discipline, and low tastes“

—  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India 1888 - 1975

Kalki : or The Future of Civilization (1929)
Contesto: Democracy has become confused with ignorance, lack of discipline, and low tastes … Though educational facilities are within the reach of large numbers, the level of culture is not high. It has become more easy to get into a college and more difficult to get educated. We are taught to read but not trained to think … Those who know better are afraid to speak out but keep step with the average mind. Uncivilized mass-impulses, crowd emotions and class-resentments have taken the place of authority and tradition.

„There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in moral discipline and the ability to do what is right.“

—  Alan Keyes American politician 1950

Iowa straw poll speech, August 14, 1999. http://renewamerica.us/archives/speeches/99_08_14strawpoll.htm.
1999