Steven Curtis Chapman Quotes

I was buttoned up as a kid. I did what I was told and never broke the rules.

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school.

Discipline must be maintained.

If I have a weakness, it's that I try to live by the rules. I try to live by the rules, no matter what they are, and I was brought up that way as a kid. Play by the rules.

I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.

I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.

My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.

People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

In the military you do not get points for creativity. You get points for obedience.

I'm a good boy! I do what I'm told; I'm on time. I'm always where I'm supposed to be when I'm supposed to be there. I don't mess around with other people's time and schedule. And I eat my vegetables. And my meats. And my carbs. And my dairy.

I've said, I never thought I rebelled. I never - I don't think I've ever had that period. You know, I just had to do what I had to do. You know, I was a good kid.

I like structure, and I like discipline and people doing the right thing.

We need to encourage and reward those who play by the rules.

The rules are there for a reason.

Obedience is the path to freedom.

Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.

Obedience is the road to freedom.

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

We don't break the law.

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

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutely cannot joke at the airport about your toothpaste, and you cannot rollerblade in Grand Central Station. I keep running up against these things.

I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.