Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. – Julie Andrews
Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways – water in general, water sounds – theres music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls tumbling, gushing. – Julie Andrews
I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what its all about. – Julie Andrews
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. – Julie Andrews
A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline. – John Dewey
Do not shun this maxim because it is common-place. On the contrary, take the closest heed of what observant men, who would probably like to show originality, are yet constrained to repeat. Therein lies the marrow of the wisdom of the world. – Arthur Helps, “Chapter IV,” Companions of My Solitude, 1851