Discipline
In its original sense, discipline is systematic instruction given to disciples to train them as students in a craft or trade, or any other activity which they are supposed to perform, or to follow a particular code of conduct or "order". Often, the phrase "to discipline" carries a negative connotation. This is because enforcement of order – that is, ensuring instructions are carried out – is often regulated through punishment.
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Famous quotes containing the word discipline:
“Counsel men to discipline their children, but not to divorce their wives.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The discipline of the Old Testament may be summed up as a discipline teaching us to abhor and flee from sin; the discipline of the New Testament, as a discipline teaching us to die to it.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.”
—Fred Rogers (20th century)