Discipline Quotations | Page 6

[Though computer science is a fairly new discipline, it is predominantly based on the Cartesian world view. As Edsgar W. Dijkstra has pointed out] A scientific discipline emerges with the - usually rather slow! - discovery of which aspects can be meaningfully 'studied in isolation for the sake of their own consistency.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

He will be successful in whatever academic discipline he chooses to pursue.

He who lives without discipline dies without honor.

He's changed compensation plans, changed the nature of incentives for portfolio managers, introduced additional discipline in terms of how research was done and how risk was managed within the portfolios, and he takes a very strong personal hand in how we achieve our performance goals.

It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

Discipline is what you use when you don't want to do something, when you have to force yourself.

People say, My God, you're so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.

Do you have to discipline yourself to have breakfast, lunch or dinner? Of course not; and so discipline - the usual concept of it - doesn't apply here. I had to discipline myself to learn English, but never to train.

The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.