●No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick
未被駕馭的馬不能騎牠到任何地方，未被管制的水流，不能乘載任何東西﹔未經掘成通道的尼加拉大瀑布不能轉化成光與能源﹔未被聚焦、委身與管束的生命不能成熟而偉大。
●Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small num-bers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. ~George Washington
紀律是一支軍隊的靈魂。它足能以寡服眾，制弱取勝，並贏得眾望所歸。
●Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work. ~Peter Marshall
主啊，教導我們忍耐，因為等待通常是比工作還要艱難的操練。
●We often learn more of God under the rod that strikes us than under the staff that comforts us. ~Stephen Charnock
我們從神擊打的杖所學的功課，往往要比從祂安慰的竿學得更多。
●The present benefit of spiritual discipline is a fulfilled, God-blessed, fruitful, and useful life. If you get in-volved in spiritual gymnastics, the blessings of godli-ness will carry on into eternity. ~John MacArthur
屬靈操練所得的益處是一種滿足，有神祝福，多結善果，成為有用的生命。如果你參與在屬靈的操練中，敬虔所得的祝福將會帶進永生裡。
●My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
我兒，你不可輕看耶和華的管教(或作懲治)，也不可厭煩 祂的責備。因為耶和華所愛的，祂必責備，正如父親責備所喜愛的兒子。 ~箴 3:11-12
●Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not de-spise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
神所懲治的人是有福的，所以你不可輕看全能者的管教。因為祂打破，又纏裹；祂擊傷，用手醫治。 ~伯 5:17-18
●Blessed is the man you discipline, O Lord , the man you teach from your law; you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
耶和華啊，你所管教，用律法所教訓的人，是有福的。你使他在遭難的日子，得享平安；惟有惡人陷在所挖的坑中。~詩 94:12-13
●When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disci-plined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
我們受審的時候，乃是被主懲治；免得我們和世人一同定罪。 ~林前 11:32
●Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
生身的父都是暫隨己意管教我們，惟有萬靈的父管教我們，是要我們得益處，使我們在祂的聖潔上有分。凡管教的事，當時不覺得快樂，反覺得愁苦，後來卻為那經練過的人結出平安的果子，就是義。 ~來 12:10-11