Quotes About Self-control

You are not coming.' 'But——' said Christopher. 'You heard your father,' said Killingworth. 'You can't hold enough liquor.' 'Can you?' said Christopher, goaded. 'No,' said George Killingworth, after a moment's reflection. 'But who else is going to help us to bed?

To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people's ends was dust and ashes. Yet there were those, still more unhappy, who envied even the ashy saltness of those dead sea apples.

Wonderful what a little nip'll do in case of need, and the less you're used to it the more good it does you.

to subdue one's self to other people's ends was dust and ashes.

Mademoiselle, I tell you frankly that to have a healthy mind in a healthy body is the greatest gift of le bon Dieu, and when I see so many people who have clean blood and strong bodies spoiling themselves and distorting their brains with drugs and drink and foolishness, it makes me angry. They should leave that to the people who cannot help themselves because to them life is without hope.

Never complain, never explain.

The old me knew. The old me cared. Fine, so far so good. Except that the old me cared so much that he actually got inside his own brain--my own brain--and locked off the bits that knew and cared, because if I knew and cared I wouldn't be able to do it.

No voy a ser la marioneta de nadie, mucho menos, de mí mismo.

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, "Let no more riches enter!"

He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control.

I should hope, Mr. Poirot, that whatever our feelings, we can keep them in decent control. And we can certainly control our actions.

once a weak person gets really frightened, they get quite savage with terror and they've no self-control at all.

Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet.

I don't feel as though I've got the heart to eat anything," and then partook of everything offered her,

Never display emotion.

I have learned to save myself useless emotion

I remember my dear mother teaching me that a gentlewoman should always be able to control herself in public, however much she may give way in private.

Disciplina sem arregimentação.

Nu strig. Mi-am aruncat gura.

Keep watch over your mouth, lest it bring you to grief.

Why allow other people to control your inner happiness?

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Now here's the thing about people who swear by routines. When they decide to break from the usual, they go big. The Greek salad is replaced by a large pepperoni pizza. The skipped day at the gym becomes a month of couch-potatoing.

Whether everything goes right or nothing goes your way, booze always seems like a good idea.