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Quotes About Self-control

I've punched a fan in the face because he was obnoxious. I've also pinched a child and made him cry, but I was 10 then!
~ Kajol
Toughness isn't that you've got to fight with the guy after the play or punch him because he punched you. That's not tough. That's dumb.
~ Lane Kiffin
As a comedian who's used to, like, punching the jokes, it's hard to teach yourself that that's not the strong choice in the sense that you have to really have to dial it back.
~ Allison Tolman
I have the skills to box and not get into a war. I've been getting punishment I shouldn't be taking because, sometimes, I'm too brave for my own good. When I've got good footwork and movement, I should use them.
~ Amir Khan
I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.
~ Sean Parker
My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.
~ Alanis Morissette
I hate jealous guys! Everyone can be jealous. We all have that in us. Push the demon down or it's going to drive the other person away.
~ Ashley Greene
I work out hard; that way, I can eat whatever I want. If you have a hard time regulating your diet, pushing yourself at the gym will help you keep the pounds off.
~ Gretchen Bleiler
Now just the thought of eating ice cream puts pounds on me.
~ David Nail
You just keep your feet on the floor. I never feel I get too high and I never feel I get too low about things. Everyone else may deal with things like that differently but that is just how I go about it.
~ Ben Stokes
I would rather have 1/4 of a cookie for four days than a big cookie on day one followed by three days with nothing - this has been documented by my colleagues.
~ Chris Morocco
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
~ Moliere
It's taken me three years to learn that just because I work in the food industry, it doesn't mean that I have to eat every minute of every day.
~ Nadiya Hussain
I don't even know what my favourite food is anymore, as they are all such bad foods!
~ Venus Williams
Why do we get so angry at ourselves when we eat foods we love? Do you think guys walk around going, 'I just ate a cheeseburger and I'm so mad at myself?'
~ Martina McBride
A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.
~ Frank Lloyd Wright
I've got to be aware of what's going on. I can't drink too much or make a fool of myself.
~ Judd Trump
I'm never one to act a fool. Not at home and not in public.
~ Shaunie O'Neal
I used to play in the front row, I could eat whatever I want - but I got up to 97 kilograms. And let's remember I'm five foot bloody nothing!
~ Alexander Volkanovski
As a human being, it's in your nature, when somebody says something about you negatively, to defend yourself and lash back. That's what we all have to learn not to do. You have to forgive a person. And when you forgive a person, you have to forgive yourself.
~ Ray Allen
I'm not good at eating small meals. Some people can sit down and be very disciplined. When I sit down at a meal, I sort of eat everything I can reach. I know medical people say that's exactly the wrong formula, but I've made it this far.
~ Stanley A. McChrystal
Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.
~ Jocko Willink
I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.
~ Emilia Fox
Freak diets I don't think work. It's control.
~ Mary Berry