Quotes About Self-control

It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up at the sky as if for information upon his favorite topic.

I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it. - Louisa May Alcott

I hope you will be a great deal better, dear, but you must keep watch over your 'bosom enemy,' as Father calls it, or it may sadden, if not spoil your life. You have had a warning; remember it, and try with heart and soul to master this quick temper, before it brings you greater sorrow and regret than you have known today.

the sweetness of self-denial and self-control

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. They will feel that more than angry speeches or huffy actions, won't they, Marmee?

Poor Jo tried desperately to be good, but her bosom enemy was always ready to flame up and defeat her, and it took years of patient effort to subdue it.

Well, don't make a porcupine of yourself, it isn't becoming.

It's my dreadful temper! I try to cure it, I think I have, and then it breaks out worse than ever. Oh

guard your demon well, and don't let a moment's fury ruin all your life.

I've done a good many rash and foolish things in my life, but I don't think I ever was mad enough to say I'd make six calls in one day, when a single one upsets me for a week.

No soy paciente por naturaleza, pero tras cuarenta años esforzándome estoy aprendiendo a no dejar que la ira se lleve lo mejor de mí.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. They will feel that more than angry speeches or huffy actions, won't they, Marmee?

It is not cowardly to flee temptation, and nobody whose opinion is worth having will ridicule any brave attempt to conquer one's self. Don't mind it, Charlie, but stand fast, and I am sure you will succeed.

I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked

but you must keep watch over your 'bosom enemy,' as Father calls it, or it may sadden, if not spoil your life. You have had a warning. Remember it, and try with heart and soul to master this quick temper, before it brings you greater sorrow and regret than you have known today.

For in that sad yet happy hour, she had learned not only the bitterness of remorse and despair, but the sweetness of self-denial and self-control

Tienes bastante talento y virtudes, pero no hay que hacer ostentación porque la vanidad estropea el carácter más fino.

a senhora não sabe, não pode saber como é ruim! é como se eu pudesse fazer qualquer coisa quando estou com raiva. fico tão selvagem que poderia ferir qualquer pessoa e ainda gostar disso. temo fazer algo horrível um dia, e estragar minha vida, e fazer com que todos me odeiem.

contuve mis lagrimas hasta que se hubiese marchado. ¿Por qué he de quejarme cuando no hemos hecho más que lo correcto y al fin seremos más felices por haberlo hecho?

Había aprendido no solamente la amargura del remordimiento y de la desesperación, sino también la dulzura de la abnegación y del dominio de sí misma.

Whenever his ambition was about to devour him, his conscience urged restraint.

A man can afford to let himself go in a hen-house.

It (balancing the budget) is like protecting your virtue, you have to learn to say no!

la clave está en el equilibrio entre el porcentaje de desapego y el de sentimiento, en lograr cierta armonía entre el yo que sufre y el yo que controla.