Quotes About Self-control

Good God, woman. Hit the brakes on the freight train that is your mouth.

Gwen was fighting really hard not to get caught up in Blayne's excitement. She'd done it before, gotten caught up. And that way laid madness…and jail time.

Do you want to come inside for a drink?" she softly offered. "No. No. No, no, no, no. No." Gwen stared at him. "One 'no' would have been clear." "Those 'no's' weren't for you. They were for me. I was simply saying them out loud.

Next time when anger comes just watch it. Don't say, I am angry. Say, Anger is there and I am watching it. And see the difference!

I've stayed away from Twitter for a long time because I sort of didn't trust myself with such an intimate but very public way of relating to the world, but I feel like I've studied it enough.

One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.

If you use your will all the time, then it runs out. You deplete yourself and then, when you really need it, it's not there.

Every time you find yourself becoming angry, jealous or frustrated, stop and think the opposite thought.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

The Christian always swears a bloody oath that he will never do it again. The civilized man simply resolves to be a bit more careful next time.

If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things.

Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

I learnt, for the first time, the joys of substituting hard, disciplined study for the indulgence of day-dreaming.

I'm pretty careful about the things I say ahead of time. I'm thoughtful about not going too far. The only thing you can do occasionally is be too much.

In our time the only restraint left is self-retraint.

Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word.

Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions.

If you wouldn't get up early for it, you shouldn't stay up late to do it.

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.

Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can.