Quotes About Self-control

Anything I shouldn't laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I'm bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I'm thinking to myself, 'If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,' and then I start laughing and I can't stop.

To me, the worst thing is to just be knee-jerk and emotional.

You can live with diabetes. It's not the worst thing to have, but you have to manage yourself and have some self control.

As comedians, we all get into that mode of thinking of the worst thing imaginable - but you usually have the ability to pull back before releasing it to the world.

There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff - something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.

I say, 'Is it really worth the calories?' If it is, I eat it. If not, I refrain.

The act of exercising at 6 A.M. really helped me. It made me not dread the workout part of my day all day long. Also, when I went to have a tiny cheat, I would really think back to how hard I worked and thought, 'It is not worth going to boot camp an extra week over one peanut butter cup.'

I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps. It's just not worth it. Or it wouldn't be if crisps weren't so delicious.

Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.

I won't eat something which is high in calories and not particularly wonderful, because that's just not worth it, you feel guilty after.

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

Few of us can accurately gauge how we will feel tomorrow or next week. That's why when you go to the supermarket on an empty stomach, you'll buy too much, and if you shop after a big meal, you'll buy too little.

I have a big appetite, and staying on top of that is about knowing myself and saying, 'I can eat that today, but tomorrow I'm not going to.'

I have realised I need to tone down and be easy at times. It is good to be competitive and have a fighting spirit, but one should not go to extremes.

I look at a lot of my fights and I'm like, 'man, that was too greedy.' I can even look back on my fights, even the good ones where I got the knockouts, and think, 'I should have probably toned it down a little bit.'

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

I'm doing pretty good on my own, when I can control my tongue.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

My message is, if someone beats you, act like you don't have hands. If someone slurs you, act like you don't have a tongue. Society is already polarized enough, don't make it worse.

I kind of have to bite my tongue sometimes with my lyrics.

I do like going to the movies, but I like eating tons of sweets and ice cream, so I can't go to the movies anymore.

Whenever I feel like having some sort of comfort food, I'll have some of it but won't have tons of it.

Don't think because I'm a positive dude, I'm going to always say something nice. If you come at me crooked, one too many times or if too many people came at me crooked too many times in a row, then they're going to get it. I don't always exercise that self control and I don't regret it either.