Quotes About Self-control

Be careful, you can get enslaved twice, once in your body and once in your mind.

But you can't talk yourself out of anger. Either you are angry or you're not.

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

The five cardinal virtues of the Chinese are (1) humanity or benevolence; (2) uprightness of mind; (3) self-respect, self- control, or proper feeling; (4) wisdom; (5) sincerity or good faith.

Many great warriors beat their meat, but only the strongest defeat it.

I know I ate at least four cookies, which probably guarantees me a first-class ticket to hell for gluttony.

At lunch he invariably downed a bottle of champagne, or brandy if he was in a different mood, and by afternoon he was almost invariably drunk.

I was frightened of myself, I seemed to have no control over my thoughts and feelings, it was like a sort of madness...

In a curious way, it was her fearfulness that persuaded me that I must retain control of myself, rather as a mother will feel obliged to put a brave face on things in order to calm her frightened child.

Overindulgence in anything eventually enslaves.

It's not a good idea to let on about extreme happy feelings. People get ideas.

We can't," he said gently, ignoring the hardness and the pain in his groin. "You deserve better than something hot and fast up against a tree." She swallowed. "I'm not so sure about that.

Es mejor dejarse tentar por un croissant que por un hombre.

you can only do what's right for yourself. You can't control anyone else.

If you're feeling anything but levelheaded, don't do something that can't be undone.

Acting was all about making yourself feel things-love,rage,euphoria,agony. She had to unlearn those things now. She had to teach herself not to feel. Refusing to feel hurt also meant she numbed herself to joy, but the sacrifice was worth it.

She had to teach herself not to feel. Refusing to feel hurt also meant she numbed herself to joy, but the sacrifice was worth it.

I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid.

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

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn't go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking.

Long ago, I conquered my anger and placed it in my pocket. When I have need of it, I take it out.

True love isn't just expressed in passionately whispered words or an intimate kiss or an embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

John Calvin wrote, "The evil in our desire typically does not lie in what we want, but in that we want it too much.