Quotes About Self-control

Muchas personas tienen talento pero no se molestan en formar buenos hábitos. No se disciplinan a sí mismas para hacer lo que saben que deberían hacer, sino en cambio esperan a ser movidas por alguna fuerza exterior.

God's goal for us is that we mature spiritually and are no longer controlled by our own thoughts, emotions, and desires. He wants us to learn His Word and direct our lives accordingly, and be ready at all times to be His representative on the earth.

Our conscience works like an inward monitor that beeps when we step out of line.

God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.   2 Timothy 1:7

and decide you really do want a hot fudge sundae! Go ahead and eat it. It is continual excess that causes trouble—not occasional liberties. God created a wide variety of foods for us to eat. Every good food God made, you can eat.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln

They want a miracle to correct their lack of discipline. Too

When we do not take authority over our own souls and we allow our emotions to run wild, we lose our peace very quickly. We certainly end up in inner turmoil and we often create strife in our relationships. For

Ralph Waldo Emerson said it this way: "Nothing external to you has any power over you."1

of starting your day with God. It is not written to replace your personal time with Him, but simply to enhance it and to point you to your own daily encounter with Him so that you will enjoy every day of your life. He will teach you to balance out your extremes, gain self-control, and live in a way that has a positive impact on others. I encourage you to seek God early each morning and to wait on Him

Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary. But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]. 1 Corinthians 9:26,27

Self-discipline is the most important quality in any life. Do you know what self-discipline is? It is keeping ourselves going in the right direction without someone making us do so.

We are wise to use moderation in all things, meaning to allow ourselves just enough but not too much of anything. This helps us live balanced lives and keeps the doors of our lives closed to the enemy.

TO SEE A RELEASE OF OUR POTENTIAL, WE MUST DISPLAY STABILITY.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. GALATIANS 5:22–23 NIV

we would get still long enough to let that wisdom rise and minister to our minds, we wouldn't do so many foolish things. Too many times, we react through our emotions and we don't pay any attention to the wisdom in our hearts.

Then remember what I'm telling you. Keep your feelings to yourself. Don't ever show anyone your disappointment

Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.

Unconsidered, merely indulged, ambition becomes a vice; it can turn a man into a machine that knows nothing but how to run. Considered, it can be something else -- pathway to the stars, maybe.

One may conquer millions in battle, but he who conquers himself, only one, is the greatest of conquerors.

An inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

conditions were degrading only if we let ourselves become degraded.

desear lo que hay que desear en cantidades manejables y rechazar aquello que nos apegue.