Quotes About Self-control

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Seek revenge and you shall dig two graves, one for yourself.

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who sleeps too much, or who keeps awake.

Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.

Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart.

Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.

The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.

The man who every sacred science knows, Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes That rise within him, mars his Fortune?s fame, And brings her by his feebleness to shame.

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.

Do not speak quickly; it is a sign of insanity.

Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It's the lack of limits they can't handle. That's when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.

If there is one thing that marks families with money over the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

Delayed gratification is important first and foremost in training children.

If you watch what you think about, you won't have to watch what you talk about.

If you have not lost your self-control, and sensibly conceive what this might lead to, then, Mr. President, we and you ought not to pull on the ends of the rope in which you have tied the knot of war, because the more the two of us pull, the tighter the knot will be tied. And a moment may come when that knot will be tied so tight that even he who tied it will not have the strength to untie it, and then it will be necessary to cut that knot.

In this routine, the introverted Jefferson manages his emotions.

I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me - to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That's normally how I perform. That's how I am.

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

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

A trap in dealing with difficult people is getting wrapped up in their personality. When we can stay objective and remove ourselves from other people's roller-coaster psychology, we have a much better chance of moving through the situation positively.