Dennis Skinner Quotes

Discipline is not a nasty word.

When I was young, I wasn't disciplined at all.

It is never wise to slip the bands of discipline.

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

Discipline is creating the situation.

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.

Thanks to my upbringing, I lead a disciplined life, which is very important.

We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

You must have discipline to have fun.

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

The disciplined are free.

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.

You don't try to do more than you should.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

I remember being, like, the age of 7 and just always being in control of something or someone, a baby somewhere. I had lots of cousins and brothers, and we were all taught that's how you are, you know. Things don't just run themselves; you have to make them run.

I grew up in a family of nine kids.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.