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Quotes About Self-control

I eat healthy most of the time, but I love chocolate. I can't help it!
~ Carla Overbeck
It was time to pull my moral socks up and behave myself.
~ Charlaine Harris
The people who need to overcome temptation to the highest degree have the hardest time doing it.
~ Dan Ariely
I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time than to sleep later and spend the entire day controlled by time.
~ Dan Bouchard
Managing your time really means managing yourself. If your time is out of control, it means you are out of control.
~ Douglas Merrill
When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That's a sure sign. It's been a long time since the last time I did that. Probably a year.
~ Michael Stipe
Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.
~ Rick Warren
Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.
~ Samuel Johnson
When I get angry, I start thinking about the people involved and they don't deserve my time.
~ Simon Weston
If I've already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.
~ Tim Tebow
I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.
~ Tony Gilroy
Your emotions are nothing but biochemical storms in your brain and you are in control of them at any point in time.
~ Tony Robbins
There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.
~ Tori Amos
Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time.
~ Torii Hunter
You need only choose ... then keep choosing as many times as necessary. That is all you need do. And it is certainly something you can do. Then as you continue to choose, everything is yours.
~ Vernon Howard
It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness.
~ Wilhelm von Humboldt
Time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will.
~ William Shakespeare
Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.
~ Laozi
I'm a great believer in everything at the right time. Go on a crazy spree if it's the right time to do it but choose your moment carefully and beware of impulse buying.
~ Lemar
Routine is really important. However late you went to bed the night before, or however much you had to drink, get up at the same time each day and get on with it.
~ Mark-Anthony Turnage
The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.
~ Martin Compston
I've never met a bread basket that I didn't love. At the same time, it can make me tired.
~ Molly Sims
After a theatre run, it took me a long time to start drinking again during the day.
~ Morgan Jones
Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
~ Mark Twain