Quotes About Self-control

Nu mai ai voie sa ?i se scoale

as a protection against my own weaknesses

How can you call yourself a free man when your weakness has brought you to this?

Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

It's important to stay humble, stay level-headed and keep working hard.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

I am very, very strict with my workout regimen; not so much with my food, because I'm always working out, so I can allow myself to be a bit more naughty!

Since self-control is vital to reaching long-term goals, befriending people with willpower could be the secret to success. Whether you're tempted to skip that workout at the gym, or you're considering blowing this month's budget, spending time with a disciplined friend could boost your motivation to maintain healthy habits.

I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear.

The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast.

It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.

I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

I feel like a lot of times when stuff is on my mind, I really don't show it. I know how to hide my emotions.

Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times.

There are times when I surprise myself with the kind of patience I have shown and then there are times when I felt that I could have handled it easily but I made a mountain out of a mole.

I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong.

Before you open the lunch menu or order that cheeseburger or consider eating the cake with the frosting intact, haul out the psychic calculator and start tinkering with the budget.

I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan.

When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn't normally crave, like biscuits, because they'll give me a bit of energy to keep going.

I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?

I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I'm doing 'Bake Off,' I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it's just over-indulgence.