Quotes About Self-control

Most people have liberty. They can go where they want and do the things they feel like doing. But too many people are also slaves to their impulses. They have grown reactive rather than proactive, meaning that they are like seafoam pounding against a rocky shore, going in whatever direction the tide might take them.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not." And Aristotle made this point of wisdom in yet another way: "Whatever

Self-mastery is the DNA of life mastery.

Willpower allows you to do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it.

careful not to overexpose

Always remember this: The time you least feel like doing something is the best time to do it. And part of the reason for this, as you also now know, is because when you enlarge your willpower muscle in one important area, your self-discipline in every other area rises with you.

Pero he aprendido que el autocontrol y el cuidado de la propia mente, cuerpo y alma son esenciales para encontrar el yo elevado de cada uno y para vivir la vida de nuestros sueños.

The Golden Mean Doctrine, which states that virtuous behavior requires one to walk the middle ground between asceticism and indulgence. To take the path of moderation between excess and deprivation. To avoid being an extremist in any dimension of one's life. Here's a maxim that's worth remembering: Restriction promotes addiction.

research also supports the idea that external order increases your discipline. That's why Steve Jobs made sure the workplace at NeXT was minimalist and painted all-white when he was there. Mess lowers your self-control as well as steals your cognitive bandwidth.

A society of adults behaving like spoiled little children is how I sometimes see our world right now.

make the better daily choices

Basically, by keeping silent for a day, you are conditioning your will to do as you command it to do. Each time the urge to speak arises, you actively curb this impulse and remain quiet. You see, your will does not have a mind of its own. It waits for you to give it instructions that will spur it into action. The more control you exert over it, the more powerful it will become. The problem is that most people don't use their willpower.

No man is free who is not a master of himself.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

The unflappable Washington then continued with the session as if nothing had happened. It was a classic performance: he exercised the greatest self-control when roiled by the most unruly emotions.

When you indulge in wine let [it] be sparingly—never go beyond three glasses—but by no means every day.

Are you going to let this money puff you up? Keep your eyes open. Don't lose your balance.

Had Rockefeller not feared his own capacity for excess, he wouldn't have engaged in such strenuous introspection.

It is revealing that Morgan didn't leap at the fortune but responded with cool self-control.

The self-control was something achieved, not inherited, and often masked combustible emotions that could explode in fury.

The hypercritical mother produced a son who was overly sensitive to criticism and suffered from a lifelong need for approval. One suspects that, in dealing with this querulous woman, George became an overly controlled personality and learned to master his temper and curb his tongue. It was the extreme self-control of a deeply emotional young man who feared the fatal vehemence of his own feelings, if left unchecked.

Rockefeller trained himself to reveal as little as possible, even in private letters, which he wrote as if they might someday fall into the hands of a prosecuting attorney.

You spend way too much time confusing silence with strength.

The best fights are the ones you don't have