Quotes About Self-control

The kids who could wait fifteen minutes for a marshmallow had an SAT score that was, on average, 210 points higher than that of the kids who could wait only thirty seconds.

when we are angered by the sins of   others, we should beware lest a temptation of an opposite kind should   take possession of our minds.

Live in the flesh but not according to the flesh.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

Just checking a website or your phone for a moment can cause a series of internal triggers, and in no time you will lose the motivation and focus you had. This can be a big obstacle for students and employees alike.

You must learn to control your impulses,' he said. 'A sword wants to be used. It wants to draw blood. That is why it was forged, and it has no other purpose in the world. If you do not control it, then it will control you.

It can happen to anybody, getting all hung up on some twenty-year-old quiff. Like the little dog in the freight yard, and the train nips off the end of his tail and he yelps and spins around and it cuts off his head. Never lose your head over a piece of tail.

self respect. self reliance. self control.

Lord of yourself, uncumber'd with a wife.

Possess your soul with patience.

Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.

When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash in life.... I amresolved to restrain myself and attend more to decorum.

It's amazing what I could've written in my life if I had realized that I should keep writing and not masturbating.

I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

Addiction is not a fact of life but a description about how we are choosing to live.

I've never been drunk in my life. I don't use recreational drugs.

If you allow your mind to carp at all and sundry, it will turn against itself: the majority of our sorrows are self-inflicted.

You know what, life is full of temptations

Delayed gratification is the one thing we ignore these days. And if you delay it, it becomes more pleasurable later in life.

Whatever it is that you do in your life, you're your own guide.

For discipline is imposed not just on oneself but on those in one's orbit.