James C. Collins Discipline Quotations

The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.

A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.

Discipline is consistency of action.

All companies have a culture, some companies have discipline, but few companies have a culture of discipline. When you have disciplined people, you don't need hierarchy. When you have disciplined thought, you don't need bureaucracy. When you have disciplined action, you don' t need excessive controls. When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great performance.

You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.

You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.