Frederick William Robertson Quotes

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

At our house we have come to conclude that building and strengthening character will require extreme measures and the intentional pursuit of gritty work experiences.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

I know that everything my dad made me do made me better.

I am who I am today because of a lot of the things I've learned in gymnastics.

If I wasn't doing this, I'd be working in a chippy. Cricket can change your life. It can teach you a lot about discipline and life in general.

I try and focus on the youth coming up, and I think tennis is a great sport regardless of how far you make it: just, obviously, a lot of good life lessons.

There's something spiritual in hard work. Spirituality isn't all aromatherapy and scented candles.

Soul development should take precedence over all things.

Men must sweat to attain virtue.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth.

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be.

Knowledge goes hand-in-hand with truth - something I learned with a bit of tough love from my Jesuit education first at Regis High School in New York City and then at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.

Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.

I really feel that most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them. Making children do something hard can, in the long run, be a great parental service.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.