Sentences with phrase «given the discipline of»

Fresh sanctions on Iran could result in a reduction of the country's oil exports, which would strain global supplies even more, especially given the discipline of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their partners in sticking to an agreement to limit output.

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For me, bodybuilding serves my business: I'm a competitor so I eat very clean and I'm very strong and that gives me a sense of confidence and self - discipline that translates to any project.

Drucker tied it all together, and in doing so, he helped give birth to the discipline of management.

«Given the absence of rules that would discipline the financial activity and their supervision, the activity of these entities is characterized by a considerable risk and uncertainty, and does not guarantee the protection of customers against investment loss.

That gave it the kind of fiscal discipline and attention to the nuances of financial forecasting that public investors expect.

The order is usually given by a commanding officer as a form of discipline, but in the #GiveMe20 social media campaign it's taking on a new meaning as a visible sign of support for veterans.

At Valuentum, we think some of the best opportunities arise from an understanding of a variety of investing disciplines in order to identify the most attractive stocks at any given time.

If you follow these simple strategies, remain disciplined, and give it some time, a perfect credit score of 850 is actually quite achievable.

By providing students in all disciplines with concepts of sustainability, universities are taking on a more essential role — giving students a broader perspective for whatever profession they choose and helping to create a more inclusive, responsible society.

So the best advice I can give you to overcome a lack of discipline is to define a trading methodology that works best for you and follow it religiously.

When scanning thousands of stocks and ETFs for equities that meet our disciplined, rule - based criteria for potential trade entry every night, the first thing we do is look at the longer - term weekly charts, which gives us a «big picture» snapshot of the overall trend of the stock or ETF.

Having a well - drafted Investment Policy Statement gives organizations the discipline to face the uncertainties of challenging investment environments.

The 2012 Best of the Hot List includes articles about how a contrarian mindset can give investors an edge, why an investing «mission statement» is important for many investors, and the importance of a consistent sell discipline.

You have to give them credit for maintaining such a disciplined approach for so long when everyone else around them was jumping in and out of the most recent short - term performers.

In the coming quarters, it is possible that accounting firms, given the implosion of Arthur Anderson following the Enron scandal, will force greater discipline on the banks than they may be willing to exercise on their own.

Then pretending that those who lack their belief also have a faith based position demand much less intellectual discipline is a much easier option than facing up to the burden of proof they give when insisting they believe what they do.

It was a way to explain incomprehensible forces of nature to our early ancestors, which evolution had given a surplus of imagination from oversized brains, without the discipline to use that brain power wisely.

The other train is full of people who read the Bible every day because they know Christ, thinking the discipline itself is the goal, with the outcome of growing frustration and unrest, and, for many, ultimately giving up.

I'm not sure I agree with you on this one, David... Wouldn't teaching about tithing (or, if you prefer, giving) be like teaching about prayer, fasting, confession, Bible study, etc., under the umbrella of other spiritual disciplines?

His point has nothing to do with church discipline, and therefore with the possibility that some people at a given place who confess «the lordship of Christ» might be excluded from partaking of the Eucharist.

So she decided to write a devotional specifically for people with little margin in life — one that gave simple ways to move closer to God throughout the day, through the use of spiritual disciplines.

I build places where people can share their own interpretation of events and give voice to their own sufferings without fear of discipline.

Chapter eighteen gives us a concrete picture of Jesus» expectations regarding the attitude and behavior of Christians, requirements of his followers, and discipline for those who will constitute his church.

It is also possible to recognize other ways of reading the New Testament: not only midrash, but also typology and allegory are modes of reading which, given their assumptions and rules of discourse, are every bit as disciplined and «true» as that offered by the literalist renderings of the historical - critical method.

I was proud of my goodness, of moments I chose obedience and discipline, it made me feel better than others and gave me a sense of control that whatever direction I was headed in, it was the right one.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

It is the protection, guidance, and release of the power to love in all the human ways, and the power to give love to God and the neighbour, which justifies the restraints, disciplines and prohibitions in the Christian ideal of the union of man and woman.

The accounts of expulsions or discipline, the colleges say, are few in number; in at least one instance, the basis for the dismissal is in dispute; and the colleges have policies for giving students notice of their standards of conduct and for ensuring fair treatment.

The schoolmaster's work of establishing discipline is only a prelude to the positive self - giving task of real teaching.

Typically, supporters of our equality regime, which gives rise to these scenarios, will argue that employees who refused to conduct services for those of a particular race would be similarly disciplined for their racism.

Willard's book The Spirit of the Disciplines gave me the impetus to try out some of the methods Christians once used in order to get to know themselves.

What I am calling the «core groups,» those actually trying to live a new vision, give hope in that they are actually working out a new balance of impulse and control, energy and discipline, rather than abandoning all control and discipline.

Given the choice between the canon of scripture and modern principles of interpretation, I have no question where to camp, but I am, to a large degree, challenged by what looks like a major disconnect between modern scholarly discipline and the understanding of our ancestors in the faith.

If the Church is cautious in questions of doctrine and discipline, perhaps even more so than in the past, if she waits for more information, carrying on a dialogue, perhaps even leaves much to the conscience of the individual, all this does not mean that the authorities have grown cowardly, they have not, for this reason, given up their responsibility and their power.

But as Justin puts it: «I had a strong, warm relationship with both of my parents, felt fully and completely loved, was given healthy amounts of discipline and independence, and everything else I've heard recommended for parents.

The discipline of fixed - hour prayer gave me the words I just couldn't conjure on my own, words that connected me to the ancient, worldwide church.

It will show the possiblity of giving thinking a place it is denied in the disciplines.

According to Nagel and Newman, this event led number - theorists to conclude (perhaps wrongly) that mathematics is not the classical «science of quantity,» but «simply the discipline par excellence that draws the conclusions logically implied by any given set of axioms or postulates,» regardless of whether or not they are true.

One of the great impacts of a steady practice of the spiritual disciplines is that it gives a rhythm to one's life.

But if there is no disciplining of the results of his inquiry — only, «It's fine that you are giving thought to these matters» — then Christian faith is put in the realm of whim or fancy, and secret approval is given to the notion that anything goes if you believe it sincerely.

The really crucial task is not recommending any given set of values, but establishing the fundamental principle that there are values worthy of our devotion and suggesting ways of developing personal and social disciplines based on that principle.

In other scientific disciplines, the road of progress has been the road of sensuous observation with its implicit assumption that the primary and determinative reality is what is sensuously given.

But perhaps more importantly, we need to experience our solidarity under the disciplining influence of a humane symbolism, one that gives effective, just, and lasting shape to our civic instincts and emotions.

Furthermore, if the evidence from some branches of Orthodox Judaism and of Black Islam in America is taken into account, it may be that the simple clarities of fundamentalism give persecuted people whose lives are in disarray the clean - edged structures by which discipline and order can be imposed on chaos from within.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self - discipline.

Is this even a cause of the current divergent disciplines laid down by bishops with regard to giving communion to those in irregular situations, described as more «pastoral» while in mutual contradiction?

This approach, known as «formalism,» is no longer fashionable among art historians, whose discipline now gives utmost attention to historical context and has» most recently» been undergoing a slow «postsecular» rehabilitation alongside the rest of the humanities.

But it seems clear that no community can exist without some institutions that give it form, boundaries, discipline, and the possibilities of expression and common action.

But discipline given in the right way expresses the deepest kind of love, love that refuses to do nothing to rescue a brother from unrepentant sin and its consequences.

The hymns, doctrine, discipline and liturgy of that tradition gave me faith and taught me to love God.