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Helmut Newton Photographer
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"The point of my photography has always been to challenge myself, to go a little further than my Germanic discipline and Teutonic nature would traditionally permit me to."

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Diana Ross Singer
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"Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary."

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Sun Tzu Military Strategist
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"When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"If you wish to have power and influence over the many, be faithful (disciplined) when there is just a few. If you have a few employees, a few distributors, a few people, that's the time to stay in touch and be totally absorbed -- when there is just a few."

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Jefferson Davis Politician, Military Leader
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"The Slave must be made fit for his freedom by education and discipline, and thus made unfit for slavery. And as soon as he becomes unfit for slavery, the master will no longer desire to hold him as a slave."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn how to behave."

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Benjamin Graham Investor, Author
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"The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you're beating the market but by whether you've put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
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"Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
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"The discipline in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority."

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Maria Montessori Educator, Physician
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"The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a learning experience and less a punitive experience if appropriately dealt with."

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Joyce Meyer Author, Speaker
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"God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!"

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