Quotes About Self-control

Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

Young women are getting a distorted message that their right to match men drink for drink is a feminist issue. The real feminist message should be that when you lose the ability to be responsible for yourself, you drastically increase the chances that you will attract the kinds of people who, shall we say, don't have your best interest at heart. That's not blaming the victim; that's trying to prevent more victims.

Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent. Leave that to me.

Quien tiene dos mujeres pierde el alma, quien tiene dos casas pierde la razón.»

Wine and wenches empty mens purses.

He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.

Do not dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Don't fall before you're pushed.

He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well.

Do not fall before you are pushed.

La idea platónica es que uno de los peores modos de enfermar estriba en la alegría exagerada y el dolor desbordante, ya que en ambos casos el individuo está frenético, fuera de sí, y no es capaz de reflexionar tranquilamente. Esta

Lo primero que necesitamos para ir domando la voluntad es ser capaces de renunciar a la satisfacción que nos produce lo urgente, lo que pide paso sin más.

Quien tiene educada la voluntad es más libre y puede llevar su vida hacia donde quiera.

Talmud, en una de sus sentencias, que el hombre fuerte es el que domina sus pasiones, el sabio el que aprende de todos con amor, y el honrado, aquel que trata a todos con dignidad, honrando a cada ser humano.

Cuando la voluntad se ha ido formando a base de ejercicios continuos, está dispuesta a vencerse, a ceder, a dominarse, a buscar lo mejor. En este sentido, podemos llegar a afirmar que no se es más libre cuando se hace lo que apetece, sino cuando se tiene capacidad de elegir aquello que hace más persona, cuando se aspira a lo mejor; y

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forebearing.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Orang yang ingin hidup tenteram, jangan menimbulkan kegalauan bagi dirinya sendiri mau pun bagi orang lain.

O ser feliz e eterno não se perturba a si mesmo e não causa problemas a nenhum outro ser; por isso ele está livre de impulsos de ira e parcialidade, pois cada um desses impulsos implica fraqueza.

Per noi è molto importante la capacità di dire no ai desideri, non perché dobbiamo sempre accontentarci di poco, ma perché quando non abbiamo molto possiamo comunque apprezzare il poco che abbiamo.