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The alternative to discipline is disaster.

From 1 Corinthians 9:24-25:  “Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize?  Run in such a way that you may win it.  Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.”